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Kullervo grandis

Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Gonambonitidae

Taxonomy
Kullervo grandis was named by Cocks (2014). Its type specimen is BC 60002, a shell (internal mould of conjoined valves), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gas pipeline exposure (2006) 200 m SE of Cnwce, which is in a Rawtheyan marine mudstone in the Slade and Redhill Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Kullervo grandis Cocks pp. 46-49 figs. 14A-J

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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
orderBillingsellida
suborderClitambonitidinaOpik 1934
superfamilyClitambonitoideaWinchell and Schuchert 1893
familyGonambonitidaeSchuchert and Cooper 1931
genusKullervoOpik 1932
speciesgrandis

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.

Kullervo grandis Cocks 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Folds: minorg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-06 12:15:08
Modified: 2009-06-06 14:15:08
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Cautleyan to the top of the Rawtheyan or 449.20000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8United Kingdom (Wales) Kullervo grandis (185101)
Cautleyan - Rawtheyan449.2 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) Kullervo complectens (8389) Kullervo sp. (8291)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) Kullervo grandis (185115 185145 type locality: 185147)