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Texarina elongata

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae

Taxonomy
Texarina elongata was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 153418a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Texarina elongata Cooper and Grant p. 2831 figs. Pl 772, figs 37-72; pl 773, figs 1-20

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyCryptonelloideaThomson 1926
familyCryptonellidaeThomson 1926
subfamilyCryptonellinaeThomson 1926
genusTexarina
specieselongata

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.

Texarina elongata Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height168.434.7012.08.452.01

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:12
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:47:38
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 274.40000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Notothyris sp. (108862) Texarina elongata (43548 43551 43553 102602 102605 105592 105726 105743 105887)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Texarina elongata (43550 105764 105821 105977)