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Torynifer pseudolineatus

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae

Taxonomy
Spirifer pseudolineatus was named by Hall (1858). It is not a trace fossil.

It was corrected as Spirifer pseudolineata by Hall (1883); it was recombined as Reticularia pseudolineatus by Cummings and Beede (1906); it was recombined as Reticularia pseudolineata by Grabau and Shimer (1909); it was recombined as Torynifer pseudolineatus by Navarro-Santillan et al. (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Spirifer pseudolineatus Hall p. 645 figs. plate 20, Fig. 4
1883Spirifer pseudolineata Hall figs. plate 36, Figs. 28–30
1906Reticularia pseudolineatus Cummings and Beede p. 1317–1318 figs. plate 21, Fig. 5 and plate 20, Fig. 6a
1909Reticularia pseudolineata Grabau and Shimer p. 339 fig. 433
2002Torynifer pseudolineatus Navarro-Santillan et al. pp. 331 - 333 fig. 4.6–4.9

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderDelthyridinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyReticularioidea
familyElythidaeFredericks 1924
subfamilyToryniferinaeCarter 1994
genusTorynifer
speciespseudolineatus()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Osagean to the top of the Chadian or 351.90000 to 339.90000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Canada (Alberta) Torynifer pseudolineatus (67301 67322 67325 67327)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Alaska) Reticularia pseudolineata (112172)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (Indiana) Torynifer pseudolineatus (6787)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Indiana) Torynifer pseudolineatus (6772 6778)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9Mexico (Tamaulipas) Torynifer pseudolineatus (57988)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9Mexico (Oaxaca) Torynifer pseudolineatus (67167)
Osagean - Chadian351.9 - 339.9USA (Virginia) Reticularia pseudolineata (6996)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Indiana) Torynifer pseudolineatus (2833 2835)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Kentucky) Spirifer pseudolineatus (2828) Torynifer pseudolineatus (2778 2779 2780 2781 2829 2831)