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Myodelthyrium dickinsi

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae

Taxonomy
Pseudosyringothyris dickinsi was named by Thomas (1971). Its type specimen is CPC 1636 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is BMR ML101, Round Hill Well, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Callytharra Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Myodelthyrium dickinsi by Thomas (1985), Archbold (1990) and Taboada et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Pseudosyringothyris dickinsi Thomas p. 140 figs. Pl 10, figs 1-5; pl 11, figs 1,2; pl 12, figs 1-4; pl 13, fig 3; pl 29, fig 7; text-figs 53-56
1985Myodelthyrium dickinsi Thomas p. 164 fig. 1
1990Myodelthyrium dickinsi Archbold p. 9
2015Myodelthyrium dickinsi Taboada et al. p. 214 fig. 3J

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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
orderSpiriferinidaIvanova 1972
suborderSpiriferinidinaIvanova 1972
superfamilySyringothyridoideaFrederiks 1926
familySyringothyrididaeFredericks 1926
subfamilyPermasyrinxinae
genusMyodelthyrium
speciesdickinsi()

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.

Myodelthyrium dickinsi Thomas 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height131.0

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Artinskian or 293.52000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Myodelthyrium dickinsi (83003 167925) Pseudosyringothyris dickinsi (84508 84578 84582 84583 85218 85324 85923 95044 119117 119252 119253 119254 119255) Syringothyris exsuperans (131545 131548)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (Western Australia) Pseudosyringothyris dickinsi (85027 type locality: 119251)