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Warthia crassus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae

Taxonomy
Warthia crassus was named by Yochelson (1960). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 9854, Herrings Bluff, Runnels County, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Clyde Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Warthia crassus Yochelson p. 255 figs. pl. 49 f. 14-20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyEuphemitidae
subfamilyEuphemitinae
genusWarthia
speciescrassus

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.

Warthia crassus Yochelson 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height613.210.816.012.91.92

Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: shallow infaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 05:42:43
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:51:26
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Warthia crassus (90007)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (New Mexico) Warthia crassus (101771 101795 121509)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Arizona) Warthia crassus (121506)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Warthia crassus (type locality: 121370)