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Lissochonetes assula

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Taxonomy
Lissochonetes assula was named by Chronic (1949). Its type specimen is AMNH 26938/2:1, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH301, Bed 30, Rasuvilca Hills section 9, Pajege Canyon, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian marine limestone in Peru.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Lissochonetes assula Chronic p. 83
1953Lissochonetes assula Chronic p. 79 figs. Pl 13, figs 11a-15b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyChonetoidea
familyRugosochonetidae
subfamilySvalbardiinaeArchbold 1982
genusLissochonetes
speciesassula

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.

Lissochonetes assula Chronic 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height503.051.0015.33.052.17

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:13:23
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:03:33
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Cusco) Lissochonetes assula (41345)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Ayacucho) Lissochonetes assula (type locality: 41364)