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Linnarssonia taconica

Lingulata - Acrotretida - Acrotretidae

Taxonomy
Linnarssonia taconica was named by Walcott (1885). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Acrotreta sagittalis taconica by Walcott (1902); it was recombined as Acrotreta taconica by Lochman (1956).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Linnarssonia taconica Walcott p. 189 figs. pl. 1, fig. 18a-d
1902Acrotreta sagittalis taconica Walcott p. 596
1956Acrotreta taconica Lochman p. 1370 figs. pl. 3, figs. 9-12
2002Linnarssonia taconica Landing et al. p. 298

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderAcrotretidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyAcrotretoidea
familyAcrotretidaeSchuchert 1893
genusLinnarssoniaWalcott 1885
speciestaconicaWalcott 1885

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.

Linnarssonia taconica Walcott 1885
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-15 12:27:57
Modified: 2009-06-02 15:40:26
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Canada (Quebec) Linnarssonia taconica (78754 78755)