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Geothomasia teicherti

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Taxonomy
Tomiopsis teicherti was named by Archbold and Thomas (1986) [Commonwealth Palaeontological Collection, Canberra]. Its type specimen is CPC 24261, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is BMR CC90, Minilya River, which is in a Kungurian marine siltstone in the Wandagee Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Tomiopsis (Geothomasia).

It was recombined as Tomiopsis (Geothomasia) teicherti by Waterhouse (1998); it was recombined as Geothomasia teicherti by Williams et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Tomiopsis teicherti Archbold and Thomas p. 593 figs. 6.1-6.13
1998Tomiopsis (Geothomasia) teicherti Waterhouse p. 23
2007Geothomasia teicherti Williams et al.

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyMartinioidea
familyIngelarellidae
subfamilyIngelarellinae
genusGeothomasia()
speciesteicherti()

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.

†Geothomasia teicherti Archbold and Thomas 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height117.4

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 Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Western Australia) Tomiopsis teicherti (85031 85881)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Western Australia) Tomiopsis teicherti (type locality: 83214 84483 84486 84864)