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Rhysostrophia occidentalis

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Tetralobulidae

Taxonomy
Rhysostrophia occidentalis was named by Ulrich and Cooper (1936). Its type specimen is USNM 91174, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ikes Canyon, Toquima Range, which is in a Whiterockian carbonate limestone in the Antelope Valley Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Rhysostrophia occidentalis Ulrich and Cooper p. 630
1938Rhysostrophia occidentalis Ulrich and Cooper p. 242 figs. Plate 54 B, figures 3, 4, 7, 8, 12

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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
orderPentameridaSchuchert and Cooper 1931
suborderSyntrophiidinaUlrich and Cooper 1936
superfamilyPorambonitoideaDavidson 1853
familyTetralobulidaeUlrich and Cooper 1936
subfamilySyntrophopsinaeUlrich and Cooper 1936
genusRhysostrophia
speciesoccidentalis

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.

Rhysostrophia occidentalis Ulrich and Cooper 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesf
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-11 20:02:32
Modified: 2009-06-11 22:02:32
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009

Age range: Middle Ordovician or 471.30000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2USA (California) Rhysostrophia occidentalis (425 226919 226920 226921)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (California) Rhysostrophia occidentalis (104319 119484)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Rhysostrophia occidentalis (type locality: 88946 104444 104455)