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Pompeckium argenteum

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Eoorthidae

Taxonomy
Nisusia (Jamesella) argenta was named by Walcott (1905). Its type specimen is USNM 52297a, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM Locality 1p. 3 miles southeast of Barrel Spring, half mile east of road., which is in a Dyeran offshore limestone in the Poleta Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Pompeckium argenteum by Rowell (1977).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Nisusia (Jamesella) argenta Walcott p. 252
1977Pompeckium argenteum Rowell pp. 82 - 83 figs. Pl. 2, figs. 11-14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderOrthidinaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamilyPlectorthoideaSchuchert and Le Vene 1929
familyEoorthidaeWalcott 1908
genusPompeckium
speciesargenteum()

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.

Pompeckium argenteum Walcott 1905
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. J. Rowell 1977Pompeckium with well developed dorsal sulcus and irregularly spaced
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:11:06
Modified: 2009-04-11 14:18:14
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 509.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Nevada) Nisusia argenta (type locality: 203344)