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Septacamera opitula

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

Taxonomy
Septacamera opitula was named by Grant (1971). Its type specimen is GSC 13737, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 26406, Lyall River, Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island, which is in a Roadian offshore shelf sandstone/limestone in the Assistance Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Septacamera opitula Grant p. 321 figs. Pl 2, figs 17,18(19-21?)

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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
genusSeptacameraStepanov 1937
speciesopitula

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.

Septacamera opitula Grant 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height130.0

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 Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 272.30000 to 265.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Canada (Nunavut) Septacamera opitula (109348 109349) Stenoscisma plicatum (type locality: 11089)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1USA (Alaska) Septacamera opitula (109335)