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Petrocrania quadrata

Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae

Taxonomy
Orbicula quadrata was named by McCoy (1844). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Petrocrania quadrata by Brunton and Tilsley (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Orbicula quadrata McCoy p. 104 figs. Pl. XX, Fig. 1
1991Petrocrania quadrata Brunton and Tilsley p. 289

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumCraniiformeaPopov et al. 1993
classCraniata
orderCraniidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyCranioidea(Menke 1828)
familyCraniidaeMenke 1828
genusPetrocraniaRaymond 1910
speciesquadrata()

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.

Petrocrania quadrata McCoy 1844
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-06 10:28:58
Modified: 2009-07-20 09:28:04
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Williams et al. 1996, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Asbian or 339.90000 to 335.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (England) Petrocrania quadrata (238716)