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Calvinaria bransoni

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Calvinaria bransoni was named by Stainbrook (1948). Its type specimen is USNM 135269, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Calvinaria bransoni Stainbrook p. 774 figs. pl. 2. f. 12-14
1982Calvinaria bransoni Cooper and Dutro pp. 80 - 81 figs. Plate 18, figures 23-27: plate 19, figures 22-50: plate 40, figures 32-39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyCamarotoechioideaSchuchert 1929
familyLeiorhynchidaeStainbrook 1945
subfamilyCalvinariinaeSartenaer 1994
genusCalvinaria
speciesbransoni

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.

Calvinaria bransoni Stainbrook 1948
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro 1982Strongly costate Calvinaria having two prominent costae defining the fold and one in the sulcus.
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 379.50000 to 376.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (Iowa) Calvinaria bransoni (35498 35499)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (New Mexico) Calvinaria bransoni (219869 219871)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1USA (Iowa) Calvinaria bransoni (35503)