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Anoplothecinae

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Anoplothecidae

Taxonomy
Anoplothecinae was named by Schuchert (1894). Its type is Anoplotheca.

It was assigned to Anoplothecidae by Williams et al. (2002).

Subtaxa
Anoplotheca (type genus), Bifida, Butkovia, Dnestrina

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Anoplothecinae Schuchert
2002Anoplothecinae Williams et al. p. 1607

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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
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyAnoplothecoideaSchuchert 1894
familyAnoplothecidaeSchuchert 1894
subfamilyAnoplothecinaeSchuchert 1894
subfamilyAnoplothecinaeSchuchert 1894

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.

Subfm. †Anoplothecinae Schuchert 1894
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G. †Bifida
G. †Butkovia
G. †Dnestrina
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-15 04:48:06
Modified: 2010-02-15 06:48:06
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Frasnian or 438.60000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aeronian - Telychian440.5 - 432.9USA (Georgia) Anoplotheca hemispherica (164677)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9USA (Virginia) Anoplotheca sulcata (527)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Ukraine Dnestrina gutta (13874)
Gedinnine419.62 - 413.02USA (Tennessee) Anoplotheca concava (75628)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Ukraine (Ternopil's'ka) Dnestrina gutta (170583)
Early/Lower Devonian - Eifelian419.62 - 387.95Czechia Bifida lepica (12148)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62France (Mayenne) Anoplotheca sp. (6081 6083 6084 6085 6086)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia Bifida lepica (12102 12103 12104)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62USA (New York) Anoplotheca sp. (601)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62USA (Pennsylvania) Anoplotheca flabellites (231623)
Pragian - Emsian413.02 - 393.47Spain (Palencia) Anoplotheca sp. (40348)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany (Eifel) Anoplotheca venusta (24633)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Germany (Hessen) Bifida lepida (38349 38351)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Germany (Eifel) Anoplotheca indet. (24695) Anoplotheca venusta (24694)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czechia (Barrandia) Bifida lepica, Bifida dahlia (12112)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Spain (Palencia) Bifida lepida (40351)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Canada (Nunavut) Bifida sp. (26625)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Spain (Aragon) Anoplotheca sp. (40424)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Maryland) Anoplotheca sp. (611)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Poland Bifida lepida (231675 231676)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany Bifida lepida (60141)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Nevada) Bifida sp. (2775)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia (Moravia) Anoplotheca sp. (5865)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Pennsylvania) Anoplotheca sp. (609 610)
Late/Upper Eifelian390.5 - 387.95Morocco (Maider) Bifida lepida (234962)
Late/Upper Eifelian390.5 - 387.95Germany Bifida lepida (60140)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Bifida lepida (44122 44178)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4France (Bretagne) Bifida lepida (84091 84095 84100)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Colombia (Boyaca) Anoplotheca silvetii (36012)