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Cranaena texana

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cranaenidae

Taxonomy
Cranaena texana was named by Carter (1967). Its type specimen is USNM 154915, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 9045, Chappel Ls, McCulloc County, TX, which is in a Kinderhookian shallow subtidal limestone in the Chappel Limestone Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Cranaena texana Carter p. 425 figs. Pl 44, figs 1a-10e; text-fig 48

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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
familyCranaenidaeCloud 1942
subfamilyCranaeninaeThomson 1926
genusCranaenaHall and Clarke 1893
speciestexana

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.

Cranaena texana Carter 1967
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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: 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 Ivorian to the top of the Kinderhookian or 353.80000 to 352.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Texas) Cranaena texana (62491 62492 type locality: 62494 62495 62497)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Canada (Alberta) Cranaena texana (67239 67248 67249 67268 67319)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7USA (Texas) Cranaena texana (1)