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Fletcherithyris galbina

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

Taxonomy
Fletcherithyris galbina was named by Waterhouse (1982). Its type specimen is NZGS BR 884, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GS6071, Letham Burn (D44/f9622), which is in a Capitanian marine horizon in the Mangarewa Formation of New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. bensoni, F. farleyensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Fletcherithyris galbina Waterhouse p. 60 figs. Pl 14c-f,15b-d,16a-k; text-figs 24-26
1987Fletcherithyris galbina Waterhouse p. 46 figs. Pl 13, fig 11

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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
superfamilyDielasmatoideaSchuchert 1913
familyDielasmatidaeSchuchert 1913
subfamilyDielasmatinaeSchuchert 1913
genusFletcherithyris
speciesgalbina

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.

†Fletcherithyris galbina Waterhouse 1982
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. B. Waterhouse 1987Small inflated shells with extended ventral umbo, maximum width placed well forward, low median ventral groove; septalium with almost straight anterior margin, beak angle 70-90°.
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height43.181.904.403.551.17

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

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 266.90000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28New Zealand (Southland) Fletcherithyris galbina (41767 41784 41796)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51New Zealand (Southland) Fletcherithyris galbina (type locality: 41777 41778 41779 41788 41789)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Australia (Queensland) Fletcherithyris galbina (120335 120651)