Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Tropidelasma costellatum

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

Taxonomy
Tropidelasma costellatum was named by Cooper and Grant (1974). Its type specimen is USNM 147823a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM705r, Skinner Ranch Formation, Leonard Mountain, Glass Mountains, which is in an Artinskian slope limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Tropidelasma costellatum Cooper and Grant p. 338 figs. Pl 58, figs 16-27

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
superfamilyOrthotetoidea
familySchuchertellidae
subfamilyStreptorhynchinae
genusTropidelasma
speciescostellatum

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.

Tropidelasma costellatum Cooper and Grant 1974
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available