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Kotlaia waterhousei

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae

Taxonomy
Orthotichia waterhousei was named by Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 211621, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM9268, Khao Tok Nam Hill, Rat Buri, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Rat Buri Formation of Thailand.

It was recombined as Kotlaia waterhousei by Angiolini et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Orthotichia waterhousei Grant pp. 35-36 figs. Pl 2, figs 16-30
2005Kotlaia waterhousei Angiolini et al. p. 180

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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
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderDalmanellidinaMoore 1952
superfamilyEnteletoideaWaagen 1884
familySchizophoriidaeSchuchert and Le Vene 1929
genusKotlaia
specieswaterhousei()

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.

Kotlaia waterhousei Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height23.812.306.304.302.83

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:11:06
Modified: 2009-04-11 14:18:14
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 274.40000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ufimian - Kazanian277.3 - 266.9China (Qinghai) Orthotichia waterhousei (68580)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Thailand Orthotichia waterhousei (75565 75567)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Thailand (Ratchaburi) Orthotichia waterhousei (40864 40865 type locality: 40936)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand (Ratchaburi) Orthotichia indica (40954) Rhipidomella sp. (116879)