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Tetratomia

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Tetratomia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Rhynchonellida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Trigonirhynchiinae by Williams et al. (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Tetratomia Sepkoski
2002Tetratomia Williams et al. p. 1062

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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
superfamilyRhynchotrematoideaSchuchert 1913
familyTrigonirhynchiidaeMcLaren 1965
subfamilyTrigonirhynchiinaeSchmidt 1965
genusTetratomia

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
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 10:30:20
Modified: 2009-06-11 21:34:41
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Emsian or 402.50000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Czech Republic (Barrandia) T. sp. (12183)
Zlichovian409.1 - 391.9Czech Republic (Barrandia) T. amanshauseri (12112)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Czech Republic T. coalescens (5783)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Spain (Aragon) T. sp. (40424)