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Dielasma (Heterelasma) semitarium

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae

Taxonomy
Dielasma (Heterelasma) semitarium was named by Reed (1944). Its type specimen is GSI 16959, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Footpath to Banschang, pipe-rock, east of Chhdru, Salt Range, which is in a Wordian shoreface sandstone in the Amb Formation of Pakistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Dielasma (Heterelasma) semitarium Reed p. 161 figs. Pl 45, fig 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyCryptonelloideaThomson 1926
familyCryptonellidaeThomson 1926
subfamilyCryptonellinaeThomson 1926
genusDielasma
subgenusHeterelasma
speciessemitarium

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height114.0

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:12
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:47:38
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Pakistan Dielasma semitarium (type locality: 125835)