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Leiorhynchoidea cloudi

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae

Taxonomy
Leiorhynchoidea cloudi was named by Cooper (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 115549b and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM806i, Cerros de los Monos, El Antimonio, Sonora, which is in a Wordian marine shale in the Antimonio Formation of Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Leiorhynchoidea cloudi Cooper p. 44 figs. Pl 14, figs 16-31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyPugnacoideaRzhonsnitskaia 1956
familyPetasmariidaeSavage 1996
genusLeiorhynchoidea
speciescloudi

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.

Leiorhynchoidea cloudi Cooper 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height112.6

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: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Mexico (Sonora) Leiorhynchoidea cloudi (type locality: 40823 40824 40838 40843)