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Floweria chemungensis

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae

Taxonomy
Strophomena chemungensis was named by Conrad (1842). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Streptorhynchus chemungensis by Hall (1867) and Walcott (1884); it was recombined as Hemipronites chemungensis by Meek (1877); it was recombined as Orthothetes chemungensis by Hall and Clarke (1892); it was recombined as Schuchertella chemungensis by Linsley (1994); it was recombined as Floweria chemungensis by Cooper and Dutro (1982) and Stigall Rode (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Strophomena chemungensis Conrad p. 357 figs. pl. 14 f. 12
1843Strophomena bifurcata Hall p. 266 fig. 2
1843Strophomena pectinacea Hall p. 266 figs. pl. 120.4 f. 4
1867Streptorhynchus chemungensis Hall p. 67
1877Hemipronites chemungensis Meek p. 35
1884Streptorhynchus chemungensis Walcott p. 117 figs. Plate xiii, figs. 7, 16
1892Orthothetes chemungensis Hall and Clarke p. 255 figs. pl. 10 f. 9
1982Floweria chemungensis Cooper and Dutro p. 55 figs. pl. 11 f. 1-5
1994Schuchertella chemungensis Linsley p. 78 figs. pl. 118 f. 4-21
2005Floweria chemungensis Stigall Rode p. 163 figs. 9.6-9.8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
suborderOrthotetidina
superfamilyChilidiopsoideaBoucot 1959
familyAreostrophiidaeManankov 1979
subfamilyAdectorhynchinaeHenry and Gordon 1985
genusFloweria
specieschemungensis()

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.

Floweria chemungensis Conrad 1842
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Invalid names: Floweria bifurcata Hall 1843 [synonym], Floweria pectinacea Hall 1843 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro 1982Fairly large, irregularly shaped Floweria. having a resupinate ventral valve, with nine or ten costellae in five mm at the anterior,
A. L. Stigall Rode 2005Large, resupinate Floweria, ventral valve elliptical to subrectangular with high relief, moderately deformed, cicatrix small; costae wider than interspaces, occasionally of alternating size; ventral interarea high; ventral muscle scars short and narrow, weakly impressed; dorsal muscle scars short and wide with weak myophore.
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 Givetian to the top of the Kinderhookian or 387.70000 to 352.00000 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (New York) Schuchertella chemungensis (91215)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Floweria chemungensis (89652 89655 89667 89668 89887 90843 111330 111331 111343 111835)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2USA (New York) Schuchertella chemungensis (54881 55015 55016)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (Pennsylvania) Schuchertella chemungensis (55008 55012 154377)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (Maryland) Schuchertella chemungensis (54432)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (New York) Schuchertella chemungensis (3802 3804 3806 3809 3810 10207 10322 54246 54250 54469 54501 54502 54506 54508 54509 54575 54579 54581 54582 54586 54587 54749 54875 54896 54971 55009 55010)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (West Virginia) Schuchertella chemungensis (54279)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1USA (New York) Schuchertella chemungensis (3922 3925)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6USA (New Mexico) Floweria chemungensis (231560)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (New York) Schuchertella chemungensis (54492 55013)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (Pennsylvania) Schuchertella chemungensis (54530 54531 55007 55011 55014)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Colorado) Schuchertella chemungensis (3615)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Montana) Schuchertella chemungensis (7311)
Early/Lower Mississippian358.9 - 346.7USA (California) Schuchertella chemungensis (226416)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Arizona) Schuchertella chemungensis (13240)