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Ribeiria lucan

Rostroconchia - Ribeirioida - Technophoridae

Taxonomy
Ozomia lucan was named by Walcott (1924). Its type specimen is USNM 209397, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 66n. Cordilleran area from Glacier Lake near the head of the Saskatchewan River, which is in a Gasconadian carbonate limestone in Canada.

It was recombined as Ribeiria lucan by Kobayashi (1933), Pojeta and Runnegar (1976), Wagner (1997), Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Ozomia lucan Walcott pp. 531 - 533 figs. pl. 126 f. 1-3, 3a
1933Ribeiria lucan Kobayashi p. 289
1976Ribeiria lucan Pojeta and Runnegar p. 52 figs. pl. 8 f. 14-24
1997Ribeiria lucan Wagner
2023Ribeiria lucan Wagner p. 3131

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classRostroconchia
orderRibeirioida
familyTechnophoridae
genusRibeiria
specieslucan()

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.

Ribeiria lucan Walcott 1924
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Pojeta and B. Runnegar 1976Ribeiria with pegma at high angle to dorsal margin and with side muscles bundled into discontinuous attachment areas.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryc
Life habit: semi-infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 10:30:34
Modified: 2022-05-13 12:06:45
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Gasconadian to the top of the Skullrockian or 486.85000 to 483.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4Canada (Alberta) Ozomia lucan (157027)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Alberta) Ozomia lucan (type locality: 157026)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Utah) Ozomia lucan (157036)