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Tethysiella urushtensis

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Taxonomy
Productus urushtensis was named by Licharew (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Armovka Ravine, 4 km from mouth, P2b horizon, NW Caucasus, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Tethysiella urushtensis by Kotlyar et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Productus urushtensis Licharew p. 36 figs. Pl 7, figs 4-9
1978Productus urushtensis Licharew and Kotlyar figs. Pl 12, fig 15
2004Tethysiella urushtensis Kotlyar et al. p. 521 figs. 8.10-8.15

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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
genusTethysiella
speciesurushtensis()

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.

Tethysiella urushtensis Licharew 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height112.5

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Changhsingian or 264.28000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation Productus urushtensis (112459)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Russian Federation Productus urushtensis (127858 127860 127879 127880 127881) Tethysiella urushtensis (60623)