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Sowerbyites gildersleevei

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Syndielasmatidae

Taxonomy
Sowerbyites gildersleevei was named by Cooper (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 117401z;, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tumbling Run, 1.5 miles southwest of Strasburg. 8 feet below Cybeloides bed., which is in an Ashbyan carbonate limestone in the Lincolnshire Formation of Virginia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Sowerbyites gildersleevei Cooper pp. 729 - 730 figs. Plate 183, A, figures 1-16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyPlectambonitoideaJones 1928
familySyndielasmatidaeCooper 1956
genusSowerbyitesTeichert 1937
speciesgildersleevei

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-10 12:03:33
Modified: 2009-06-10 14:03:33
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Ashbyan or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Sowerbyites gildersleevei (type locality: 203256)