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Salanytheca papillaris

Orthothecida

Taxonomy
Salanytheca papillaris was named by Missarzhevsky (1980). Its type specimen is GIN 4297/5, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Sample 135, Salany-Gol River, which is in a Nemakit-Daldynian marine horizon in the Bayan Gol Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Salanytheca.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Salanytheca papillaris Missarzhevsky p. 19 figs. pl. 3 f. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
Lophophorata
phylumHyolitha
orderOrthothecida
genusSalanytheca
speciespapillaris

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.

Salanytheca papillaris Missarzhevsky 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Nemakit-Daldynian or 538.80000 to 525.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Mongolia (Khasagt-Khairkhan) Salanytheca papillaris (type locality: 10111)