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Tropidelasma rhamphodes

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

Taxonomy
Tropidelasma rhamphodes was named by Cooper and Grant (1974). Its type specimen is USNM 147882b, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Tropidelasma rhamphodes Cooper and Grant pp. 344-346 figs. Pl 54, figs 1-39; pl 55, figs 1-14

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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
speciesrhamphodes

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 rhamphodes Cooper and Grant 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1518.93.0048.821.714.7

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-15 05:25:57
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:25:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Tropidelasma rhamphodes (43559 43565 43577 43581 43594 75886 75931 105685)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Tropidelasma rhamphodes (105689)