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Eospinatrypa sagana

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae

Taxonomy
Eospinatrypa sagana was named by Boucot et al. (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 409972 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM loc. 12878, Red Amphitheatre, Funeral Mountains, which is in a Wenlock deep subtidal shelf dolomite in the Hidden Valley Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Eospinatrypa sagana Boucot et al. p. 118 figs. Plate 7, figs. 31-47

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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
orderAtrypidaRzhonsnitskaya 1960
suborderAtrypidinaMoore 1952
superfamilyAtrypoideaGill 1871
familyAtrypidaeGill 1871
subfamilySpinatrypinaeCopper 1978
genusEospinatrypaCooper 1973
speciessagana

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.

Eospinatrypa sagana Boucot et al. 1988
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. J. Boucot et al. 1988 A small, ventribiconvex species.
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 14:10:24
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:10:24
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sheinwoodian or 432.90000 to 430.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Eospinatrypa sagana (26011)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Canada (Nunavut) Eospinatrypa sagana (26009 26014)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (California) Eospinatrypa sagana (type locality: 226732)