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Tautosia transenna

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Taxonomy
Tautosia transenna was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 148402e, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Tautosia transenna Cooper and Grant p. 1984 figs. Pl 527, figs 1-31; pl 553, figs 41-44
2019Tautosia transenna Torres-Martínez et al. p. 615 figs. 4n-v

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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
genusTautosia
speciestransenna

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.

Tautosia transenna Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height165.030.70012.36.953.54

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: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 272.30000 to 265.10000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Mexico (Chiapas) Tautosia transenna (198600)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Tautosia transenna (43548 43551 43553 81693 81722 101767 102602 105592)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1USA (Texas) Tautosia transenna (43550 43552 105764)