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Pulsia

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Pulsiidae

Taxonomy
Pulsia is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Pulsiidae.

It was assigned to Pulsiidae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Pulsia Williams et al. p. 653
2002Pulsia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
superfamilyOrthotetoidea
familyPulsiidae
genusPulsia

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.

G. †Pulsia
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Pulsia linguaeformis Gauri 1965
Pulsia mosquensis Ivanov 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-15 05:25:57
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:25:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Chesterian to the top of the Atokan or 335.50000 to 312.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (8222)
Chesterian - Arnsbergian335.5 - 323.7USA (Wyoming) P. sp. (5735)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Wyoming) P. delira (5725)