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Rhipidomella pecosi

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae

Taxonomy
Orthis pecosii was named by Marcou (1858). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pecos village, which is in a Kasimovian/Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Alamitos Formation of New Mexico.

It was corrected as Orthis pecosi by White (1884); it was synonymized subjectively with Rhipidomella carbonaria by Hoare (1961); it was recombined as Rhipidomella pecosi by Tschernyschew (1902), Keidel (1906), Girty (1915), Yanagida (1967) and Chen and Shi (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Orthis pecosii Marcou p. 48 figs. Pl 6, figs 14,14a,14b
1884Orthis pecosi White p. 120 figs. pl. 2 f. 20-22
1892Orthis pecosii Schellwien p. 35 figs. Pl 8, figs 9,10
1902Rhipidomella pecosi Tschernyschew p. 222 figs. Pl 60, figs 9,10
1906Rhipidomella pecosi Keidel p. 372 figs. Pl 11, fig 1
1915Rhipidomella pecosi Girty pp. 286, 293, 299, 303
1967Rhipidomella pecosi Yanagida p. 85 figs. Pl 21, figs 7,8,10,12; text-fig 15
2006Rhipidomella pecosi Chen and Shi p. 4

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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
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderDalmanellidinaMoore 1952
superfamilyDalmanelloideaSchuchert 1913
familyRhipidomellidaeSchuchert 1913
subfamilyRhipidomellinaeSchuchert 1913
genusRhipidomella
speciespecosi()

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.

†Rhipidomella pecosi Marcou 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height45.695.306.105.700.365

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
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 08:36:03
Modified: 2009-06-04 10:36:03
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Morrowan to the top of the Wordian or 323.20000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Ohio) Rhipidomella pecosi (184126)
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Orthis pecosii (150952)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Rhipidomella pecosi (237740 237802 237831)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) Rhipidomella pecosi (237797 237798)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Italy Orthis pecosii (130158)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Ohio) Rhipidomella pecosi (69720)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Thailand Rhipidomella pecosi (120945)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1China (Xinjiang) Rhipidomella pecosi (119867)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Pakistan Orthis pecosii (81501)