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Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae

Taxonomy
Anomites transversalis was named by Wahlenberg (1818). Its type specimen is RMS Br 102394 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Plectambonites transversalis by Hall and Clarke (1894); it was recombined as Sowerbyella transversalis by Jones (1928); it was recombined as Plectodonta transversalis by Kozlowski (1929); it was recombined as Ygera transversalis by Havlicek (1967); it was recombined as Eoplectodonta transversalis by Bassett and Cocks (1974); it was recombined as Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis by Musteikis and Cocks (2004) and Rubel (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. estriatacostatus, E. paracostata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Anomites transversalis Wahlenberg p. 64
1819Anomites transversalis Wahlenberg p. 64
1894Plectambonites transversalis Hall and Clarke p. 295 figs. pl. 15 f. 34-36
1928Sowerbyella transversalis Jones p. 448
1929Plectodonta transversalis Kozlowski p. 113
1967Ygera transversalis Havlicek p. 58
1974Eoplectodonta transversalis Bassett and Cocks
2004Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis Musteikis and Cocks p. 470
2011Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis Rubel

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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
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyPlectambonitoideaJones 1928
familySowerbyellidaeOpik 1930
subfamilySowerbyellinaeOpik 1930
genusEoplectodontaKozlowski 1929
subgenusEoplectodontaKozlowski 1929
speciestransversalis(Wahlenberg 1818)

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: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-10 11:44:55
Modified: 2009-06-10 13:44:55
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Elton or 438.50000 to 421.30000 Ma

Collections (71 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Indiana) Plectodonta transversalis (75266)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (Indiana) Eoplectodonta transversalis (13291)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (New York) Eoplectodonta transversalis (77051 77052 77054 77081)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4USA (New York) Eoplectodonta transversalis (12929 13045)
Adavere439.0 - 428.2Estonia (Rapla) Eoplectodonta transversalis (193580)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (New York) Eoplectodonta transversalis (26865 77053) Sowerbyella transversalis (81820 81878 81909 82554 82558 82607 82608 83096 83097)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Sweden (Gotland) Eoplectodonta transversalis (192363)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.5 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Eoplectodonta transversalis (13523) Plectodonta transversalis (13674)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Plectodonta transversalis (13594 13669 13670 13672)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5USA (New York) Eoplectodonta transversalis (26863 26864) Sowerbyella transversalis (81807 81814 81816 81876 81907 81908 82502 82509 82510 82511 82512 82514 82535 82536 82537 82545 82560)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Canada (Ontario) Eoplectodonta transversalis (26855)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (Wales) Plectodonta transversalis (74666)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (New York) Eoplectodonta transversalis (12932 12933 12934 12935 12936 13047 13050 13052 26854) Sowerbyella transversalis (81782 81783 81803 81804 81805 81813 81885 81898 81905 81906 81920 82501)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Sweden (Gotland) Plectodonta transversalis (13671)
Ludlow - Elton427.4 - 421.3United Kingdom (Wales) Plectodonta transversalis (74760)