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Assimulia (Assimulia) tergida

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophotichiidae

Taxonomy
Stereostylus tergidus was named by Ross and Ross (1962). Its type specimen is YPM 21815 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is YPM 68, Hill 5305, Hess Ranch Horst, Glass Mountains, which is in an Artinskian marine shale/limestone in the Lenox Hills Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Assimulia (Assimulia) tergida by Fedorowski (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Stereostylus tergidus Ross and Ross p. 1186 figs. Pl 161, figs 12,21,22; text-fig 4O,P, 9
1987Assimulia (Assimulia) tergida Fedorowski p. 168 figs. 60, 61; pl 22, figs 19-26; pl 25, figs 1-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
familyLophotichiidaeWeyer 1972
genusAssimulia
subgenusAssimulia
speciestergida()

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.

Assimulia (Assimulia) tergida Ross and Ross 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Kungurian or 298.90000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) Assimulia tergida (43468)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Assimulia tergida (43559 75885 75886 75935 75936) Stereostylus tergidus (type locality: 116733)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Assimulia tergida (43534 75864 75919 75922 75923 75925 75926)