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Tautosia shumardiana

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Taxonomy
Pugnax shumardiana was named by Girty (1908). Its type specimen is USNM 118566a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pugnoides shumardianus by King (1931); it was recombined as Wellerella shumardiana by Branson (1948); it was recombined as Tautosia shumardiana by Cooper and Grant (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Pugnax shumardiana Girty p. 316 figs. Pl 15, figs 15-17c
1909Pugnax shumardiana Girty p. 316 figs. Pl 15, figs 15-17c
1931Pugnoides shumardianus King p. 107 figs. pl. 34 f. 13-14
1948Wellerella shumardiana Branson
1976Tautosia shumardiana Cooper and Grant p. 1983 figs. Pl 526, figs 21-51; pl 553, figs 1-9; pl 757, figs 8-17 (in vol 5)

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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
speciesshumardiana()

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 shumardiana Girty 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height76.403.4011.55.602.95

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 Kungurian to the top of the Capitanian or 279.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Pugnoides shumardianus (149836)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Tautosia shumardiana (81586 81619 101867 105900 105902 106111)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Pugnax shumardiana (108812) Tautosia shumardiana (81589 81590 81621 81697 81960 101809 102618 102624 105893 105895 105994 106161 106242 106243 106248 106250 106252)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) Tautosia shumardiana (81629 81968 102609 102622 102625 102629)