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Anaptychius minutus

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

Taxonomy
Anaptychius minutus was named by Hoover (1981). Its type specimen is USNM 221552, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Locality 6, Block C, mule trail between El Portachuelo and Mucuchachi, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal wackestone in the Palmarito Formation of Venezuela. It is the type species of Anaptychius.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Anaptychius minutus Hoover p. 107 figs. Pl 10, figs 5-17

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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
familyNotothyrididaeLicharew 1960
subfamilyCryptacanthiinaeStehli 1965
genusAnaptychius
speciesminutus

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.

Anaptychius minutus Hoover 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height121.580.8003.401.500.820

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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Venezuela (Merida) Anaptychius minutus (41510 41511 type locality: 41512)