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Dyoros (Tetragonetes) giganteus

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Taxonomy
Dyoros (Tetragonetes) giganteus was named by Cooper and Grant (1975). Its type specimen is USNM 152032a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Dyoros (Tetragonetes) giganteus Cooper and Grant p. 1249 figs. Pl 497, figs 31-35; pl 499, figs 18-32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyChonetoidea
familyRugosochonetidae
subfamilySvalbardiinaeArchbold 1982
genusDyoros
subgenusTetragonetes
speciesgiganteus

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.

Dyoros (Tetragonetes) giganteus Cooper and Grant 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height33.392.704.003.600.666

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:13:23
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:03:33
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Dyoros giganteus (43491 43494 43589 44519 101785 105852 105935)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Dyoros giganteus (102614)