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Pontielasma praeundatum

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cranaenidae

Taxonomy
Pontielasma praeundatum was named by Waterhouse and Piyasin (1970). Its type specimen is University of Toronto B513, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Khao Phrik, Rat Buri, which is in a Wordian offshore shelf limestone/limestone in the Rat Buri Formation of Thailand. It is the type species of Pontielasma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Pontielasma praeundatum Waterhouse and Piyasin p. 163 figs. Pl 31, figs 10-17; text-fig 17B

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyCryptonelloideaThomson 1926
familyCranaenidaeCloud 1942
subfamilyCranaeninaeThomson 1926
genusPontielasma
speciespraeundatum

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.

Pontielasma praeundatum Waterhouse and Piyasin 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height47.343.8013.47.604.01

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:12
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:47:38
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand (Ratchaburi) Pontielasma praeundatum (type locality: 40954)