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Sellithyris

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Taxonomy
Sellithyris was named by Middlemiss (1959) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo-u K Turo Sepkoski's reference number: 776]. Its type is Terebratula sella. It is the type genus of Sellithyrididae, Sellithyridinae.

It was assigned to Terebratulida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sellithyridinae by Williams et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Sellithyris Middlemiss p. 113
2002Sellithyris Sepkoski
2006Sellithyris Williams et al. p. 2062

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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
superfamilyTerebratuloidea(Gray 1840)
familySellithyrididaeMuir - Wood 1965
subfamilySellithyridinaeMuir-Wood 1965
genusSellithyris

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.

G. †Sellithyris Middlemiss 1959
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†Sellithyris binalubensis Baeza-Carratalá et al. 2023
†Sellithyris carteroniana d'Orbigny 1847
†Sellithyris coxwellensis Middlemiss 1959
†Sellithyris engeli Rollier 1918
†Sellithyris essertensis Pictet 1872
†Sellithyris phaseolina Valenciennes 1819
†Sellithyris sella Sowerby 1823
†Sellithyris solei Calzada 1975
†Sellithyris tornacensis d'Archiac 1847
†Sellithyris uniplicata Smirnova 1972
†Sellithyris upwarensis Walker 1870
†Sellithyris upwarnensis Walker 1870
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height219.918.221.719.92.45
shell height1489.772.4021.011.64.04

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:41:09
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:41:09
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Cenomanian or 164.70000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (98 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Tunisia Terebratula engeli (13863)
Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian166.1 - 161.2Tunisia Terebratula engeli (31077)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Tunisia Terebratula engeli (13791 13871 13899 13900 13901 13904)
Callovian - Kimmeridgian166.1 - 152.1Tunisia Terebratula engeli (99124)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Tunisia Terebratula engeli (13612 13677)
Late/Upper Callovian - Late/Upper Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7Bulgaria S. engeli (106898)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Tunisia Terebratula engeli (13953)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Ethiopia Plectoidothyris engeli (94572)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Eritrea Plectoidothyris engeli (94567 94568 94577)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland S. engeli (38692)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland S. suprajurensis (58317)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Switzerland (Solothurn) S. suprajurensis (157236)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Switzerland (Jura) S. sp. (180789)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Algeria S. sella (64322 64329 64362 64364)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Ukraine S. gratianopolitensis, S. uniplicata (163829)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8France S. middlemissi (55742)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland Terebratula carteroniana (2224)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Mexico S. coahuilensis (63988)
Valanginian - Early/Lower Hauterivian139.8 - 130.0Germany S. sella, S. carteroniana (55521)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Italy S. deningeri (12774)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Germany S. sella (55522 55525) S. sella, S. carteroniana (55523)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Germany S. sella, S. carteroniana (55524)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland Terebratula sella (2200 2256)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France Terebratula sella (2209)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Turkmenistan S. sp. (47025)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian130.0 - 113.0Romania Terebratula sella (221641)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Ukraine S. sp. (67457)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Portugal Terebratula sella (73543 73556 73564)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Tunisia Terebratula sella (87798)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) S. coxwellensis (1856) S. sella (1744 1751 1756 1769 1775 1776 1836 1841) S. sp. (1760) S. upwarensis (1857)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom S. coxwellensis (65785 165347 165699) S. sella (65783 65787 165344 165346) S. sella, S. coxwellensis (65788) S. upwarensis (65775 65779)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Egypt Terebratula sella (171270)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Switzerland S. sella, S. essertensis (153715)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Spain (Castellon) S. coxwellensis (3722) S. viai (3724)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Spain (Valenciana) S. daphne, S. solei, S. sella (45154)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Kazakhstan S. urwarensis, S. sella (64638)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Algeria Terebratula sella (40786)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar Terebratula sella (98244 98268)
Albian113.0 - 100.5China (Xizang) S. mayuensis (132639)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain S. binalubensis (230570 230572 230573)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Hungary S. sella (164725)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Romania S. upwarensis (60486)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France S. tornacensis (153958)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8France S. phaseolina (153959 153960 153961 153962)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian99.6 - 99.6Spain S. sella (3832)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Belgium S. tornacensis (153957)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Spain S. binalubensis (230574 230575 230576 230577 230578 230579 230581 230582 230583)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Terebratula phaseolina (59811)