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Hesperomenidae

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Hesperomenidae Cooper
2000Hesperomenidae Popov et al.
2000Hesperomenidae Williams et al. p. 337
2005Hesperomenidae Cocks p. 273
2008Hesperomenidae Zhan et al.
2015Hesperomenidae Congreve et al. p. 752

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyPlectambonitoideaJones 1928
familyHesperomenidaeCooper 1956
familyHesperomenidaeCooper 1956

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.

Fm. †Hesperomenidae Cooper 1956
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G. †Anoptambonites Williams 1962
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†Anoptambonites convexus Popov et al. 2002
†Anoptambonites exedra Percival 1991
†Anoptambonites grayae Davidson 1883
†Anoptambonites kovalevskii Popov et al. 2000
†Anoptambonites monetus Barrande 1879
†Anoptambonites pulchra Cooper 1956
†Anoptambonites subcarinata Nikitin and Popov 1996
G. †Aulie
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†Chaganella speciosa Percival 1991
Invalid names: Tylambonites Percival 1991 [synonym]
G. †Hesperomena Cooper 1956
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†Hesperomena canadensis Norford and Ross 1978
G. †Kassinella Borissiak 1956
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Subg. †Kassinella (Kassinella) Zhan and Cocks 1998
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†Kassinella (Kassinella) shiyangensis Zhan and Cocks 1998
Subg. †Kassinella (Trimurellina) Mitchell 1977
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†Trimurellina superba Mitchell 1977
†Kassinella anisa Percival 1979
†Kassinella globosa Borissiak 1956
†Kassinella kasbalensis Popov and Cocks 2014
†Kassinella tarimensis Zhan et al. 2014
†Kassinella tchingisensis Klenina 1984
G. †Rongambonites Zhan and Cocks 1998
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 14:13:23
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:03:33
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Middle Llandeilo to the top of the Tournaisian or 461.10000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (134 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (Alabama) Leptellina pulchra (162364)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Hesperomena leptellinoidea (104443 186635 210662)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8USA (California) Anoptambonites myriomorpheus (100612 100865 100867)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4USA (British Columbia) Hesperomena canadensis (149570)
Early/Lower Llandeilo466.0 - 460.9China (Hubei) Anoptambonites sp. (4711)
Middle Llandeilo - Late/Upper Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4China (Hubei) Anoptambonites sp. (4710)
Gisbornian - Darriwilian458.4 - 458.4Australia (New South Wales) Anoptambonites sp. (119705)
Costonian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2China (Hubei) Anoptambonites sp. (4708)
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2Australia (New South Wales) Anoptambonites sp., Tylambonites sp. (2708)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0USA (Alaska) Anoptambonites grayae (164856)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0China (Hubei) Kassinella minor (186304) Kassinella sp. (186305)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5China (Guizhou) Anoptambonites sp. (186302)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Kazakhstan Anoptambonites convexus (80206 80210 80212 80215 80217 80218 80221) Anoptambonites kovalevskii (116304 116305 116306 116307 116308) Anoptambonites orientalis (80261 80263 80265 80276) Kassinella sp. (80279)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.4 - 443.7Russian Federation (Taimyr) Anoptambonites sp. (37637)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Alaska) Anoptambonites grayae, Anoptambonites pulchra (164853)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Anoptambonites sp. (165047 192745)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Sichuan) Anoptambonites sp. (7667)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Guizhou) Kassinella incerta (186324 186330 186332)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Xinjian) Kassinella tarimensis (185164 185166 185170)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Anoptambonites grayae (205560)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Zhejiang) Rongambonites sp. (116244)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Kazakhstan (Chingiz Terrane) Kassinella tchingisensis (161731)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Kazakhstan Anoptambonites kovalevskii (161919 204072 204076) Anoptambonites sp. (161990) Anoptambonites subcarinatus (80173)
Katian - Hirnantian453.0 - 443.4Sweden (Dalarne) Anoptambonites williamsi (73413)
Eastonian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) Anoptambonites exedra (2702 2731 2745 166833 166835 166837) Anoptambonites sp. (2648 2700 2701) Tylambonites speciosa (2699 2751 2754 166843 166845 166846 166847) Tylambonites speciosa, Anoptambonites exedra (2725)
Eastonian - Onnian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) Kassinella anisa (2661)
Cheneyan452.5 - 451.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Anoptambonites grayae (164412 164950 164953)
Harju450.5 - 443.8Sweden Anoptambonites sp. (379)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Czech Republic (Prague) Anoptambonites moneta (76479)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Czech Republic (Praha) Anoptambonites monetus (151985) Anoptambonites sp. (151986 151988)
Kralodvorian - Rawtheyan449.8 - 445.2Czech Republic Anoptambonites sp. (3879)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Trimurellina superba (89260)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2Sweden Anoptambonites sp. (2773)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2China (Guizhou) Trimurellina sp. (4750)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Zhejiang) Trimurellina sp., Kassinella anisa (25864)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Maine) Anoptambonites sp. indet. (185954)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (California) Anoptambonites myriomorpheus (99692 99694 99695 99805 100543 100544 100546 100547 100548 100549 100550 100551 100552 100553 100611 100635 100636 100637 100638 100639 100640 100644) Anoptambonites sp. 1 (99696 99697 99698)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Guizhou) Kassinella incerta (186312 186318)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Jiangxi) Kassinella shiyangensis (186235 186247 186249 186251 186272 186273 186275 186276)
Pirgu - Porkuni449.5 - 443.7Sweden (Dalarne) Anoptambonites williamsi (73407)
Pirgu - Hirnantian449.5 - 443.4Sweden (Dalarne) Anoptambonites williamsi (73466)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8United Kingdom Anoptambonites sp., Trimurellina superba (163264) Trimurellina superba (163263)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Kazakhstan (Central) Anoptambonites subcarinata (52737)
Cautleyan - Rawtheyan449.2 - 445.2China (ZheJiang) Kassinella sp. (7776)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (England) Anoptambonites sp. (3666)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) Trimurellina sp. (8326 8327 8370 8373 192503)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7China (Qinghai) Kassinella sp. (41467)