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Schizophoria fragilis

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae

Taxonomy

Schizophoria fragilis was named by Kozlowski (1929).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. allani, S. altirostris, S. antiqua, S. athabascensis, S. athabaskensis, S. athabaskensis, S. athabaskiensis, S. austalis, S. bicissa, S. bisinuata, S. bistriata, S. blankenheimensis, S. blankenheimsensis, S. compacta, S. connivens, S. connivens, S. dorsata, S. excellens, S. fascicostella, S. fecunda, S. ferronensis, S. floydensis, S. fossula, S. fossula, S. gibbera, S. hortonensis, S. imbricata, S. ivanovi, S. keyserlingiana, S. latisulcata, S. laudoni, S. lianghetangensis, S. linguata, S. macfarlani, S. mayesensis, S. mcfarlanei, S. mesacarina, S. mesoloba, S. mulistriata, S. multistriata, S. nevadensis, S. nuda, S. palliata, S. postriatula, S. praecursor, S. propinqua, S. protonevadensis, S. resupinata, S. resupinoides, S. rotundata, S. runegatensis, S. schnuri, S. schnuri, S. schnuri, S. senecta, S. shubarica, S. similis, S. striatula, S. striatula, S. striatula, S. subelliptica, S. texana, S. timanica, S. traversensis, S. tulliensis, S. uchtensis, S. warreni, S. zephyrina, S. athabaskensis, S. bistriata, S. floydensis, S. floydia, S. landoni, S. laudoni, S. macfarlanei, S. minor, S. multistriata, S. simpsoni, S. strophodonta, S. tioga, S. tulliensis, S. with, S. gigantea, S. resupinoides

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1929	Schizophoria fragilis Kozlowski
1973	Schizophoria fragilis Johnson et al. p. 25 figs. Pl 11, figs 12-14

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Orthida	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
suborder	Dalmanellidina	Moore 1952
superfamily	Enteletoidea	Waagen 1884
family	Schizophoriidae	Schuchert and Le Vene 1929
genus	Schizophoria
species	fragilis	Kozlowski 1929

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.

†Schizophoria fragilis Kozlowski 1929

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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

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

minorg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-06-04 09:19:35

Modified:

2009-06-04 11:19:35

Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ludlow to the top of the Pragian or 426.70000 to 410.62000 Ma

Collections (16 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ludlow	426.7 - 422.7	Canada (Yukon)	Schizophoria fragilis (23078)
Early/Lower Lochkovian	419.62 - 416.8	USA (Nevada)	Schizophoria fragilis (214878 240750 240754)
Lochkovian	419.62 - 413.02	Canada (British Columbia)	Schizophoria fragilis (26567 26568 26570 26571 26572 26573)
Lochkovian	419.62 - 413.02	Ukraine	Schizophoria fragilis (14153)
Lochkovian	419.62 - 413.02	Canada (Nunavut)	Schizophoria fragilis (14025)
Lochkovian	419.62 - 413.02	Canada (Northwest Territories)	Schizophoria fragilis (3703)
Pragian	413.02 - 410.62	Australia (New South Wales)	Schizophoria fragilis (25695)
Pragian	413.02 - 410.62	USA (Alaska)	Schizophoria fragilis (40581 109022)