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Timorina ovata

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

Taxonomy
Notothyris ovata was named by Girty (1909). Its type specimen is USNM 118582, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Notothyris schuchertensis ovata by Girty (1909); it was recombined as Timorina ovata by Cooper and Grant (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Notothyris schuchertensis ovata Girty p. 336 figs. Pl 15, figs 26-26c
1976Timorina ovata Cooper and Grant p. 2852 figs. Pl 766, figs 38-55; pl 778, figs 13-17

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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
genusTimorina
speciesovata()

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.

†Timorina ovata Girty 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height34.204.004.404.200.200

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: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51USA (Texas) Notothyris ovata (108835)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Notothyris ovata (108821) Timorina ovata (81586 101867 102619)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Notothyris ovata (108812 108831) Timorina ovata (81609 101798 102618 105893 105894 105993 106242 106248)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) Timorina ovata (105989)