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Ambocoelioidea

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida

Taxonomy
Ambocoelioidea was named by George (1931).

It was assigned to Spiriferidina by Williams et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Ambocoelioidea George
2006Ambocoelioidea Williams et al. p. 1733

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyAmbocoelioideaGeorge 1931
superfamilyAmbocoelioideaGeorge 1931

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.

Superfm. †Ambocoelioidea George 1931
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Fm. †Ambocoeliidae George 1931
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Subfm. †Ambocoeliinae George 1931
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G. †Ambocoelia Hall 1860
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Ambocoelia tuberculata Goldman and Mitchell 1990
Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842
Ambocoelia urii Fleming 1823
G. †Attenuatella Stehli 1954
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Attenuatella altilis Waterhouse 1968
Attenuatella attenuata Cloud 1944
Attenuatella bandoi Tazawa 1987
Attenuatella bisulcata Ustritsky 1960
Attenuatella incurvata Waterhouse 1964
Attenuatella mengi He et al. 2007
Attenuatella mepailensis Waterhouse 1983
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Invalid names: Attenuatella convexa Waterhouse 1969 [replaced]
Attenuatella multispinosa Waterhouse 1967
Attenuatella omolonensis Zavodowsky 1968
Attenuatella paraincurvata Lee and Su 1980
Attenuatella piyasini Waterhouse 1983
Attenuatella stringocephaloides Tschernyschew and Licharew 1939
Attenuatella taimyrica Chernyak 1963
Attenuatella texana Stehli 1954
Attenuatella xiujumqinqiensis Lee et al. 1982
G. †Biconvexiella Waterhouse 1983
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Biconvexiella convexa Armstrong 1968
Biconvexiella roxoi Oliveira 1936
G. †Cruricella Grant 1976
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Cruricella couria Grant 1976
Cruricella curvata Jin and Sun 1981
Cruricella minutalis Cooper and Grant 1976
G. †Crurithyris George 1931
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Crurithyris alaskensis Savage et al. 1978
Crurithyris aquilonia Stehli and Grant 1971
Crurithyris arcuata Girty 1910
Crurithyris calendae Johnson 1971
Crurithyris clannyana King 1848
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Invalid names: Martinia winchiana King 1848 [synonym], Thecidium productiforme von Schauroth 1854 [synonym]
Crurithyris expansa Dunbar and Condra 1932
Crurithyris extumida Jin and Ye 1979
Crurithyris inflata Schnur 1853
Crurithyris levicula Rowley 1900
Crurithyris longa Liao 1980
Crurithyris longirostris Cooper and Grant 1976
Crurithyris longtanica Jin and Hu 1978
Crurithyris major Cooper and Grant 1976
Crurithyris opalinus Termier and Termier 1977
Crurithyris parva Weller 1899
Crurithyris planoconvexa Shumard 1855
Crurithyris sulcata Stehli 1954
Crurithyris telleri Schellwien 1900
Crurithyris uralica Stepanov and Kalashnikov 1998
Crurithyris urei Fleming 1828
Crurithyris wampensis Mills and Langenheim Jr. 1987
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Cyrtinoides eliei Goldman and Mitchell 1990
Cyrtinoides septata Johnson et al. 1980
Invalid names: Mucroclipeus Goldman and Mitchell 1990 [synonym]
G. †Dionacoelia Mottequin 2005
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Dionacoelia secessus Mottequin 2005
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Echinocoelia denayensis Johnson 1966
Invalid names: Pyramina [synonym]
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Metaplasia lenzi Johnson et al. 1973
Metaplasia paucicostata Schuchert 1913
G. †Ogilviecoelia Shi and Waterhouse 1996
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Ogilviecoelia inflata Shi and Waterhouse 1996
G. †Orbicoelia Waterhouse and Piyasin 1970
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Orbicoelia cordata Shen et al. 1992
Orbicoelia elongatiformis Chen and Shi 2006
Orbicoelia extima Grant 1970
Orbicoelia fraterculus Waterhouse and Piyasin 1970
Orbicoelia inflata Stehli 1954
Orbicoelia magna Ustritsky 1960
Orbicoelia tholiaphor Cooper and Grant 1976
Orbicoelia tschernyschewi Licharew 1939
Orbicoelia tumibilis Cooper and Grant 1976
G. †Paracrurithyris Liao 1981
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Invalid names: Crurithyris pusilla Zhan 1979 [synonym], Crurithyris tazawai He and Shi 2012 [synonym]
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Plicoplasia cooperi Boucot 1959
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Speciothyris speciosa Wang 1955
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Invalid names: Crurithyris huadongensis Liang 1990 [synonym]
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Spinoplasia roeni Johnson 1970
G. †Kurtothyris Shen 2017
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Kurtothyris anhuiensis Chang 1987
Invalid names: Litothyris Chang 1987 [replaced]
Subfm. †Rhynchospiriferinae Paulus 1957
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G. †Alkhovikovia Baranov 2007
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Alkhovikovia importuna Baranov 2007
Alkhovikovia libera Baranov 2007
G. †Ambothyris George 1931
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Ambothyris utahensis Beus 1965
G. †Crurispina Goldman and Mitchell 1990
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Crurispina nana Grabau 1899
Crurispina spinosa Clarke 1894
G. †Diazoma
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Invalid names: Kelusia [synonym]
G. †Emanuella Grabau 1923
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Emanuella delicata Wang 1985
Emanuella plicata Grabau 1931
Emanuella praeumbona Hall 1857
Invalid names: Paraemanuella [synonym]
G. †Ilmenia
G. †Kosirium
G. †Ladjia
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Ladjia cordillera Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1966
G. †Moravilla
G. †Tikhyspirifer Baranov 2007
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Tikhyspirifer globosus Baranov 2007
Fm. †Eudoxinidae Nalivkin 1979
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G. †Costicrura Hoover 1981
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Costicrura minuta Hoover 1981
G. †Eudoxina
G. †Paulonia
G. †Wilberrya Yancey 1978
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Wilberrya fragilis Yancey 1978
Fm. †Lazutkiniidae Johnson and Hou 1994
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Fm. †Verneuiliidae Schuchert 1929
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G. †Minythyra
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Verneuilia cheiropteryx de Archiac and de Verneuil 1842
Verneuilia langenstrasseni Blodgett and Johnson 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:48:51
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:48:51
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Dienerian or 440.50000 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections (2242 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Iran (North Khorasan) Plicoplasia sp. (165945)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Canada (Nunavut) Dicoelospirifer dicoelospirifer, Plicoplasia acutiplicata (26014) Plicoplasia acutiplicata (26003 26009 26013)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Metaplasia sp. (24930)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Czechia Metaplasia hemicona (14054)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Czechia Metaplasia hemicona (14106)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Czechia (Prague) Metaplasia hemicona (76480)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Canada (Yukon) Metaplasia sp. (23078)
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62USA (California) Ambocoelia sp. (79807)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Czechia Metaplasia hemicona (14034 14108 14109 14110) Metaplasia sp. (14074)
Ludfordian - Pridoli425.0 - 419.62USA (Oklahoma) Ambocoeliidae indet. (26824)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Hubei) Crurithyris flabelliformis (149225) Crurithyris sp. (204851 204853 204854 204855 204856 204857 204868 204869 204870 204879 204880) Paracrurithyris pigmaea (149219)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Zhejiang) Crurithyris speciosa, Crurithyris flabelliformis (43788) Orbicoelia sp. nov. (105217) Orbicoelia sp. nov., Orbicoelia speciosa, Orbicoelia flabelliformis (105221) Orbicoelia speciosa (43789) Orbicoelia speciosa, Orbicoelia flabelliformis (105216) Paracrurithyris pigmaea (43790 105222 105223 105225)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5USA (Montana) Orbicoelia sp. (44491 44493)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guizhou) Crurithyris sp. (200991) Crurithyris sp., Orbicoelia speciosa (201000 201002 201007 201013) Crurithyris speciosa (111977) Crurithyris sulcata (197045) Crurithyris tianshengqiaoensis (108179) Orbicoelia speciosa (101333 200982 200983 200987 200989 201003 201006 201012)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Hunan) Paracrurithyris pigmaea (136858)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Jiangsu) Paracrurithyris pigmaea (63510 63511 112385)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Pakistan (Punjab) Crurithyris extima (41560 41561)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Sichuan) Crurithyris flabelliformis (89357 95609 117506) Crurithyris sp. (149112 149115) Crurithyris speciosa (149116)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7China (Sichuan) Crurithyris muliensis (123664)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9China (Hubei) Crurithyris sp. (187725 187726 187727 187731)