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Rugatia occidentalis

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Taxonomy
Productus occidentalis was named by Newberry (1861).

It was recombined as Productus (Dictyoclostus) occidentalis by McKee (1938); it was recombined as Rugatia occidentalis by Cooper and Grant (1975) and Hoover (1981).

Subspecies
R. parvauris

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Productus occidentalis Newberry
1938Productus (Dictyoclostus) occidentalis McKee p. 239 figs. Pl 46, figs 1-4
1975Rugatia occidentalis Cooper and Grant p. 1082
1981Rugatia occidentalis Hoover p. 78 figs. Pl 6, figs 29-35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyProductoideaGray 1840
familyProductellidaeSchuchert 1929
subfamilyChaoiellinae
tribeRugatiini
genusRugatiaMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
speciesoccidentalis(Newberry 1861)

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.

†Rugatia occidentalis Newberry 1861
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†Rugatia occidentalis parvauris Cooper and Grant 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height517.815.020.817.82.35

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Pennsylvanian to the top of the Capitanian or 323.20000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Alaska) Productus occidentalis (111915)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Productus occidentalis (150868)
Leonardian286.0 - 273.01USA (Utah) Rugatia occidentalis (11272)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Venezuela (Merida) Rugatia occidentalis (41505 41513)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Arizona) Productus occidentalis (128494 148587 148658 148680 148694 148742 148744 148753)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Productus occidentalis (113195 113223 121457 121458 149785 150246 150251 150566 150863) Rugatia occidentalis (43491 43514 44519 105939)
Kungurian - Wordian279.3 - 264.28USA (Texas) Productus occidentalis (149822)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Productus occidentalis (113197 149829) Rugatia occidentalis (105807)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28USA (Texas) Productus occidentalis (149944 150118)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Alaska) Productus occidentalis (109334)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Nevada) Rugatia occidentalis (39764)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Rugatia occidentalis (108812)