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Ptyctothyris daghaniensis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae

Taxonomy
Ptyctothyris daghaniensis was named by Muir-Wood (1935). It is not extant. Its type locality is Daghani, bed 216, which is in an Oxfordian coastal shale in the Gahodleh Shale Formation of Somalia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Ptyctothyris daghaniensis Muir-Wood
2001Ptyctothyris daghaniensis Feldman et al. p. 647 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 27; Pl. 2, Fig. 1-2

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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
superfamilyLoboidothyridoideaMakridin 1964
familyLoboidothyrididae
subfamilyLoboidothyridinae()
genusPtyctothyris
speciesdaghaniensis

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.

†Ptyctothyris daghaniensis Muir-Wood 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height312.78.1026.89.4010.4

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:51:39
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:51:39
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Egypt Ptyctothyris daghaniensis (99801)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Ptyctothyris daghaniensis (2605)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Israel Ptyctothyris daghaniensis (59835 59837 59910)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Somalia Ptyctothyris daghaniensis (93020)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Ptyctothyris daghaniensis (2556 2557 2597)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Somalia Ptyctothyris daghaniensis (type locality: 93000)