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Allathecidae

Orthothecida - Allathecidae

Taxonomy
Allathecidae was named by Rozanov et al. (1969) [Missarzhevsky in Rozanov et al. 1969]. Its type is Allatheca.

It was assigned to Orthothecida by Rozanov et al. (1969), Parkhaev and Demidenko (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Allathecidae Rozanov et al. p. 137
2010Allathecidae Parkhaev and Demidenko p. 937

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Lophophorata
phylumHyolitha
orderOrthothecida
familyAllathecidae
familyAllathecidae

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.

Fm. †Allathecidae Rozanov et al. 1969
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G. †Allatheca Rozanov et al. 1969
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†Allatheca concinna Rozanov et al. 1969
†Allatheca corrugata Rozanov et al. 1969
†Allatheca degeeri Holm 1893
†Allatheca minor Qian et al. 1979
†Allatheca nanjiangensis Yang and He 1984
G. †Antiquatheca Missarzhevsky 1974
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†Antiquatheca pauca Missarzhevsky 1974
G. †Doliutus Rozanov et al. 1969
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†Doliutus inflatus Syssoiev 1962
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Invalid names: Egdetheca [synonym]
G. †Majatheca Rozanov et al. 1969
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†Majatheca tumefacta Rozanov et al. 1969
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Y. Parkhaev and Y. Demidenko 2010"Shell of elongated shape, with oval to rounded-triangular cross-section. Dorsal side strongly convex, ventral side flattened or slightly convex. Ornamentation represented by transverse ribs, equally prominent along whole perimeter of shell."
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitep
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryp
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindp
Created: 2009-04-21 11:54:00
Modified: 2011-03-22 11:35:54
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Meishucunian to the top of the Botomian or 530.70000 to 512.10000 Ma

Collections (73 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Allatheca concinna (50419)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Iran Allathecidae indet. (10529)
Placentian538.8 - 516.2Canada (Nova Scotia) Allatheca degeeri (86746)
Placentian538.8 - 516.2USA (Massachusetts) Allatheca degeeri (56832 56833 56834)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Hubei) Allatheca minor (107634) Allatheca sp. (107789)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Shaanxi) Allatheca sp. (107790 107791)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Sichuan) Allatheca nanjiangensis (107389)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Anhui) Allatheca nanjiangensis (107772)
Meishucunian - Tommotian530.7 - 521.0China (Yunnan) Allatheca sp. (96445)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Allatheca concinna (96511) Allatheca corrugata (80800 80810) Allatheca sp. (96226) Allathecidae indet. (80951) Antiquatheca pauca (90088) Doliutus sp. 1, Allatheca degeeri (10041) Doliutus sp., Allatheca degeeri, Majatheca tumefacta (80952) Doliutus sp., Majatheca tumefacta (80950) Egdetheca aldanica, Allatheca corrugata, Antiquatheca pauca (96251 96394) Exilitheca multa (80812) Exilitheca multa, Allatheca corrugata (80796) Exilitheca multa, Exilitheca ancestralis, Exilitheca oblonga, Allatheca corrugata (80809)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Exilitheca sp., Exilitheca multa, Allatheca concinna (50428) Majatheca tumefacta (50432)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Kazakhstan Allatheca sp. (99305)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0India Allatheca concinna (140175)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Allatheca degeeri (10252)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0China (Yunnan) Exilitheca fangchengensis (171902)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Sakha) Allatheca sp. (232887 232888)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) Allatheca sp. (80840)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) Allatheca corrugata (45851) Allatheca degeeri, Majatheca tumefacta (96393) Allatheca sp. (45849) Allatheca sp., Egdetheca aldanica (45847) Doliutus sp. (10067 45852) Egdetheca aldanica, Allatheca corrugata (45850 96245)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0USA (Massachusetts) Allatheca degeeri (56830 56831)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Allatheca degeeri (56958 87332 87334 87353)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation Allatheca sp. (90089 90090) Exilitheca sp. (233042)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Khabarovsk Krai) Exilitheca multa (50314)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk Krai) Egdetheca sp. (96392) Exilitheca multa, Allatheca corrugata (232906) Exilitheca sp., Exilitheca multa, Allatheca concinna (50429)
Tommotian - Atdabanian525.5 - 516.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Allatheca degeeri (6897)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Allatheca degeeri (9385 9386 9389)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Allatheca corrugata, Majatheca tumefacta (174257) Allatheca degeeri (56855) Doliutus sp., Orthotheca degeeri (232892) Majatheca tumefacta (174247)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0USA (Massachusetts) Allatheca degeeri (56835)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) Allatheca degeeri (10115)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Canada (Nova Scotia) Allatheca degeeri (9391)
Branchian516.2 - 506.5United Kingdom (England) Egdetheca sp. indet. (79931)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Siberia) Majatheca tumefacta (174260)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Greenland (Lauge Koch Land) A. sp. 1, A. sp. 2 (220278)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Greenland (Peary Land) A. sp. 1, A. sp. 2 (210618)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Allatheca sp. (50783)