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Stenoscisma purdoni

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

Taxonomy
Camarophoria purdoni was named by Davidson (1862). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Moosakhail (Fleming coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Camerophoria purdoni by Waagen (1883); it was recombined as Stenoscisma purdoni by Fantini Sestini (1965), Grant (1965), Zhang and Jin (1976), Lee and Gu (1980), Li et al. (1986), Angiolini (2001), Shi et al. (2003) and Shen et al. (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Camarophoria purdoni Davidson p. 30 figs. Pl 2, fig 4
1883Camerophoria purdoni Waagen p. 437 figs. Pl 32, figs 1-7
1897Camarophoria purdoni Diener p. 71 figs. Pl 12, figs 6,8,9
1903Camarophoria purdoni Diener p. 93
1911Camarophoria purdoni Frech p. 171
1915Camarophoria purdoni Diener p. 95 figs. Pl 10, fig 6
1922Camarophoria purdoni Broili p. 225
1944Camarophoria purdoni Reed p. 133
1965Stenoscisma purdoni Fantini Sestini p. 196 figs. Pl 23, figs 12,13
1965Stenoscisma purdoni Grant p. 149 figs. Pl 20, figs 1-4
1976Stenoscisma purdoni Zhang and Jin p. 192 figs. Pl 11, figs 18,19
1980Stenoscisma purdoni Lee and Gu p. 395 figs. Pl 173, figs 4,5,7
1986Stenoscisma purdoni Li et al. figs. Pl 5, fig 13
2001Stenoscisma purdoni Angiolini p. 322
2003Stenoscisma purdoni Shen et al. p. 240 figs. Pl 2, figs 16-17; pl 3, figs 1-9
2003Stenoscisma purdoni Shi et al. p. 1061 figs. 5.1-5.5

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
suborderStenoscismatidina
superfamilyStenoscismatoideaOehlert 1887
familyStenoscismatidaeOehlert 1887
subfamilyStenoscismatinaeOehlert 1887
genusStenoscismaConrad 1839
speciespurdoni()

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.

Stenoscisma purdoni Davidson 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1312.96.8018.414.73.79

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:25
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Changhsingian or 303.70000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (102 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Alaska) Camarophoria purdoni (111915)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Alaska) Camarophoria purdoni (111913)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Alaska) Camarophoria purdoni (112199)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Guangxi) Stenoscisma purdoni (134321)
Sakmarian - Artinskian293.52 - 279.3East Timor Stenoscisma purdoni (21163)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Xinjiang) Stenoscisma purdoni (123272)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28Myanmar Camarophoria purdoni (208999)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Pakistan Stenoscisma purdoni (50724 50772 50773 50776)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.17China (Xizang) Stenoscisma purdoni (51526)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Indonesia Camarophoria purdoni (133133)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Xizang) Camarophoria purdoni (89203 139284 230327) Stenoscisma purdoni (24590 52246 121584)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Camarophoria purdoni (type locality: 117776 117780 125887 125891 125892 125895 125896 125897 125898 125900 125901 125902 125903 125907 125908 125909 125910 125912 125913 125918 125921 126005 126007 126261 126266 126267 126268 126270 126279 126280 126281 126293 126294 126296 126298 126299 126300 126302 126340 126341 126342 126343 126344 126345 126450 126452 126453 126457 126458 126691 126692 126693 126984 126993 126994 127005 127006 127007 127025 127026 127027 127028) Camerophoria purdoni (89058 90250 90252 119537 119641 119824 119842 119843 119849 119850 119872 119891 119892 126297 126459)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom Camarophoria purdoni (161470)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17India Camarophoria purdoni (230328 230849)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Pakistan Camarophoria purdoni (126998 127023)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan Camerophoria purdoni (119532)