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Dinorthis venusta

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae

Taxonomy
Dinorthis venusta was named by Cooper (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 110341b and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 2 miles southeast of Kiser, Meadow, which is in a Chazyan carbonate limestone/sandstone in the Red Knobs Formation of Tennessee.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Dinorthis venusta Cooper pp. 400 - 401 figs. Plate 58A, figures 1-3 plate 71,H, figures 41-50
2013Dinorthis venusta Wright and Stigall p. 1108

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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
superfamilyOrthoideaWoodward 1852
familyPlaesiomyidaeSchuchert 1913
subfamilyPlaesiomyinaeSchuchert 1913
genusDinorthisHall and Clarke 1892
speciesvenusta

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.

Dinorthis venusta Cooper 1956
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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
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-11 13:27:11
Modified: 2009-06-02 15:45:10
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Chazyan or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (Tennessee) Dinorthis venusta (type locality: 219960 219961)