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Gerassimovia gefoensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Gerassimovia gefoensis was named by Licharew (1956). Its type specimen is TsNIGR 358/2139, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gefo Mountain, north Caucasus, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Gerassimovia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Gerassimovia gefoensis Licharew p. 60 figs. Pl 13, figs 6, 7; text-fig 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyWellerelloideaLicharew 1956
familyAllorhynchidaeCooper and Grant 1976
genusGerassimovia
speciesgefoensis

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.

Gerassimovia gefoensis Licharew 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height26.106.006.206.100.141

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: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation Gerassimovia gefoensis (type locality: 112569)