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Aequalicosta inflata

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Taxonomy
Eliva inflata was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 152887j, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS 2926 green, Capitan Peak, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Capitan Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Aequalicosta.

It was recombined as Aequalicosta inflata by Waterhouse (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Eliva inflata Cooper and Grant p. 2239 figs. Pl 633, figs 39-52
2004Aequalicosta inflata Waterhouse

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familySpiriferellidaeWaterhouse 1968
subfamilyHunzininaeAngiolini 2001
genusAequalicosta
speciesinflata()

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.

†Aequalicosta inflata Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1512.87.2028.012.75.41

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Eliva inflata (105900)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Eliva inflata (102618 105904 105993 106161 106246 106247 106250 106251 type locality: 108812)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) Eliva inflata (81964 81968 102625 102629 106253)