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Paucispinifera costellata

Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae

Taxonomy
Paucispinifera costellata was named by Cooper and Grant (1975). Its type specimen is USNM 149564, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM707e, Sullivan Peak, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Paucispinifera costellata Cooper and Grant p. 1126 figs. Pl 426, figs 27-31

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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
superfamilyMarginiferoidea(Stehli 1954)
familyPaucispiniferidaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
subfamilyPaucispiniferinaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
tribePaucispiniferiniMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
genusPaucispinifera
speciescostellata

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.

Paucispinifera costellata Cooper and Grant 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height323.222.723.623.30.458

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Williams et al. 2000

Age range: Roadian or 272.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Paucispinifera costellata (43512 type locality: 43563 102604 102610)