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Eatonia bicostata

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Eatoniidae

Taxonomy
Eatonia bicostata was named by Stauffer (1930). Its type specimen is UCMP 33031 and 33032 (syntypes) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kearsarge section, bed 12 of Stauffer 1930, which is in a Silurian carbonate limestone in the Vaughn Gulch Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Eatonia bicostata Stauffer p. 109 figs. Plate 14, figures 5, 6, and 7

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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
superfamilyUncinuloideaRzonsnitskaya 1956
familyEatoniidaeSchmidt 1965
genusEatonia
speciesbicostata

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.

Eatonia bicostata Stauffer 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Silurian or 443.80000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (California) Eatonia bicostata (type locality: 229257)