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Grewingkia crassa

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae

Taxonomy
Grewingkia crassa was named by Elias (1981). Its type specimen is GSC 60707 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Red River Formation, Selkirk Member, Garson, corals, which is in a Maysvillian/Richmondian open shallow subtidal wackestone/packstone in the Red River Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Grewingkia crassa Elias p. 12 figs. pl. 1, figs. 1-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderStreptelasmatinaWedekind 1927
familyStreptelasmatidae(Nicholson 1889)
subfamilyStreptelasmatinaeNicholson 1889
genusGrewingkiaDybowski 1873
speciescrassa

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.

Grewingkia crassa Elias 1981
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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: base of the Maysvillian to the top of the Richmondian or 450.20000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Texas) Grewingkia crassa (65148 65152)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (New Mexico) Grewingkia crassa (65137)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) Grewingkia crassa (type locality: 28019 228016 228018)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Texas) Grewingkia crassa (65150)