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Brachyelasma bassleri

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae

Taxonomy
Brachyelasma bassleri was named by Pestana (1960). Its type specimen is UCMP 37705 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. B963, First South Section, Mazourka Canyon, which is in a Caradoc marine limestone in the Johnson Spring Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Brachyelasma bassleri Pestana pp. 868 - 869 figs. Pl. 110, figs. 3,6; pl. 3, fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderStreptelasmatinaWedekind 1927
familyStreptelasmatidae(Nicholson 1889)
genusBrachyelasmaLang et al. 1940
speciesbassleri

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.

†Brachyelasma bassleri Pestana 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Caradoc or 458.20000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (California) Brachyelasma bassleri (type locality: 219306)