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Eoconcha austini

Kutorginata - Kutorginida - Nisusiidae

Taxonomy
Eoconcha austini was named by Cooper (1951). Its type specimen is USNM 111691a and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 23j. 1 mile northeast of Austinville, Max Meadows Quadrangle , which is in a Delamaran carbonate dolomite in the Shady Formation of Virginia. It is the type species of Eoconcha.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Eoconcha austini Cooper p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classKutorginata
orderKutorginidaKühn 1949
superfamilyNisusioideaWalcott and Schuchert 1908
familyNisusiidaeWalcott and Schuchert 1908
genusEoconchaCooper 1951
speciesaustini

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.

†Eoconcha austini Cooper 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:27:23
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:27:23
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Delamaran or 509.70000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Virginia) Eoconcha austini (type locality: 219911)