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Taphrodonta

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae

Taxonomy
Taphrodonta is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Taphrodontinae.

It was assigned to Taphrodontinae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Taphrodonta Williams et al. p. 308
2002Taphrodonta Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyPlectambonitoideaJones 1928
familyPlectambonitidaeKozlowski 1929
subfamilyTaphrodontinaeCooper 1956
genusTaphrodonta

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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Subg. †Taphrodonta (Taphrodonta) Cooper 1956
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Taphrodonta kelleri Nikitina et al. 2006
Taphrodonta rukavishnikovae Nikitina et al. 2006
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 14:13:23
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:03:33
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the to the top of the Abereiddian or 470.30000 to 461.10000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (Nevada) T. sp. (297 104448 104461)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) T. parallela (88946 104442 104451) T. sp. (104454)
Abereiddian468.0 - 461.1Kazakhstan T. kelleri (165488 165549 165556 165558 165559 165566 165591 165593 165594 165595 165597) T. rukavishnikovae (165482 165486)