Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Phricodothyris bachuensis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae

Taxonomy
Phricodothyris bachuensis was named by Chen and Shi (2002). Its type specimen is NMV P149264, a valve (Ventral valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Xiaohaizi Section, Bachu County, Tarim Basin, which is in an Artinskian marine limestone in the Nanza Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. asiaticus, P. campbelli, P. ericius, P. insolita, P. lineata, P. periculosa, P. periculosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Phricodothyris bachuensis Chen and Shi p. 317 figs. 12L, 13A-J,L-R, 15, 16
2004Phricodothyris bachuensis Chen p. 49 figs. Pl 9, figs 28-30
2006Phricodothyris bachuensis Chen and Shi p. 21 figs. Pl 6, figs 5,10

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferida
suborderDelthyridinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyReticularioidea
familyElythidaeFredericks 1924
subfamilyPhricodothyridinaeCaster 1939
genusPhricodothyrisGeorge 1932
speciesbachuensis

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.

†Phricodothyris bachuensis Chen and Shi 2002
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height514.09.0021.811.85.62

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Kungurian or 298.90000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52China (Xinjiang) Phricodothyris bachuensis (105228)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Xinjiang) Phricodothyris bachuensis (type locality: 105097)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Xinjiang) Phricodothyris bachuensis (62737 62810)