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Elassonia micraria

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Petasmatheridae

Taxonomy
Elassonia micraria was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 154620d, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Elassonia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Elassonia micraria Cooper and Grant p. 1936 figs. Pl 504, figs 1-16
1976Elassonia micraria Cooper and Grant p. 1936 figs. Pl 504, figs 1-16

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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
superfamilyWellerelloideaLicharew 1956
familyPetasmatheridaeCooper and Grant 1976
genusElassonia
speciesmicraria

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.

Elassonia micraria Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height81.080.6001.601.100.337

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 Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Elassonia micraria (43495 43513 105879)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Elassonia micraria (43554 43598 102610 102611 105805 105838)