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Stenoscisma kochi

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

Taxonomy
Camerophoria kochi was named by Dunbar (1955). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dolomitdal, Clavering Ø, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wegener Halvo Formation of Greenland.

It was recombined as Stenoscisma kochi by Harker (1960).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. crumena, S. gjelis, S. laevis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Camerophoria kochi Dunbar p. 121 figs. Pl 21, figs 1-8
1960Stenoscisma kochi Harker

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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
suborderStenoscismatidina
superfamilyStenoscismatoideaOehlert 1887
familyStenoscismatidaeOehlert 1887
subfamilyStenoscismatinaeOehlert 1887
genusStenoscismaConrad 1839
specieskochi()

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.

†Stenoscisma kochi Dunbar 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height414.312.216.514.52.15

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 272.30000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 251.902Canada (Nunavut) Stenoscisma kochi (102068)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Canada (Nunavut) Stenoscisma kochi (11089)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Greenland Camerophoria kochi (type locality: 97013 107365 107446 107447 107451 107452 107454 107456 107457 107460 107461 107462 107465 107469 107473 107513 107514 107521 107525 107530 107533)