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Dielasma compactum

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

Taxonomy
Dielasma compactum was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 154260a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Dielasma compactum Cooper and Grant p. 2867 figs. Pl 62, figs 15-21; pl 747, figs 21-63; pl 757, fig 6; pl 778, fig 34

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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
superfamilyDielasmatoideaSchuchert 1913
familyDielasmatidaeSchuchert 1913
subfamilyDielasmatinaeSchuchert 1913
genusDielasmaBeede and Rogers 1900
speciescompactum

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.

Dielasma compactum Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height188.623.3014.39.152.91

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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 272.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Dielasma compactum (43548 43553 101767 102605 105592 105726 105750 105806 105887 105932 106123)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Dielasma compactum (43526 43550 81709 105764)