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Cyndalia rudistiformis

Strophomenata - Productida - Gemmellaroiidae

Taxonomy
Cyndalia rudistiformis was named by Grant (1993). Its type specimen is USNM 460380, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM9260, Episkopi, Hydra Island, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine packstone/wackestone in the Episkopi Formation of Greece. It is the type species of Cyndalia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Cyndalia rudistiformis Grant p. 56 fig. 5,6,7

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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
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderLyttoniidina
superfamilyRichthofenioidea()
familyGemmellaroiidaeWilliams 1953
genusCyndalia
speciesrudistiformis

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.

Cyndalia rudistiformis Grant 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height137.153.0018.87.304.96

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:09
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:09
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum
References: Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greece Cyndalia rudistiformis (type locality: 42460 42461 42462 42467 64176)