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Phrenophoria vetula

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Taxonomy
Phrenophoria vetula was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 154757a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Phrenophoria vetula Cooper and Grant p. 1970 figs. Pl 518, figs 51-59; pl 519, fig 38; pl 524, figs 10-14; pl 541, figs 59-63; pl 552, fig 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyWellerelloideaLicharew 1956
familyWellerellidaeLicharew 1956
subfamilyWellerellinaeLicharew 1956
genusPhrenophoria
speciesvetula

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.

Phrenophoria vetula Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height310.77.8012.712.42.75

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

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Phrenophoria vetula (43491 43494 43501 43504 101785)