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Texarina wordensis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae

Taxonomy
Dielasma wordense was named by King (1931). Its type specimen is T 10312 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is University of Texas T144, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in Texas.

It was recombined as Texarina wordensis by Cooper and Grant (1976) and Hoover (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Dielasma wordense King p. 131 figs. Pl 44, figs 16a-c
1976Texarina wordensis Cooper and Grant p. 2836 figs. Pl 771, figs 1,2; pl 773, figs 31-42; pl 774, figs 1-56; pl 775, figs 55-60
1981Texarina wordensis Hoover p. 107 figs. Pl 10, figs 18-29

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyCryptonelloideaThomson 1926
familyCryptonellidaeThomson 1926
subfamilyCryptonellinaeThomson 1926
genusTexarina
specieswordensis()

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.

Texarina wordensis King 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height445.891.4012.27.753.08

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:12
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:47:38
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 (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Venezuela (Merida) Texarina wordensis (41516)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Texarina wordensis (43466 43491 43492 43494 43495 43498 43504 43510 43513 43514 43515 43516 43517 43582 43602 81638 81644 81651 101811 105687 105879 105931)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Dielasma wordense (150609) Texarina wordensis (43554 43613 44749 101781 101782 101783 101807 102604 102606 102610 102611 102615 102616 105805 105838 105873 106109)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Mexico (Coahuila) Dielasma wordense (150783)