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Paryphella caucasica

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Taxonomy
Cathaysia caucasica was named by Kotlyar et al. (2004) [Central Research Museum of Geological Exploration (CRMGE) in St. Petersburg]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is CRMGE 13/13043, a valve (Ventral valve). Its type locality is Severnaya Ravine, Upper Urushten Formation, Malaya Laba River, NW Caucasus, which is in a Changhsingian marine shale in the Urushten Formation of the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Paryphella caucasica by Zhou et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Cathaysia caucasica Kotlyar et al. p. 517 fig. 6.4,6.5
2025Paryphella caucasica Zhou et al. p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyProductoideaGray 1840
familyProductellidaeSchuchert 1929
familyProductinidae(Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960)
tribeParamarginiferiniLazarev 1986
genusParyphella
speciescaucasica()

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.

Paryphella caucasica Kotlyar et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Russian Federation Cathaysia caucasica (type locality: 60738)