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Phricodothyris catatona

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae

Taxonomy
Neophricadothyris catatona was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 153994a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Phricodothyris catatona by Shi et al. (2002), Tazawa (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Neophricadothyris catatona Cooper and Grant p. 2250 figs. Pl 636, figs 1-28
2002Phricodothyris catatona Shi et al.
2016Phricodothyris catatona Tazawa p. 381 fig. 9.4

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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
suborderDelthyridinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyReticularioidea
familyElythidaeFredericks 1924
subfamilyPhricodothyridinaeCaster 1939
genusPhricodothyrisGeorge 1932
speciescatatona()

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.

†Phricodothyris catatona Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1014.85.7024.715.45.81

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

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Kungurian or 293.52000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Neophricadothyris catatona (43603)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Japan Neophricadothyris catatona (97225)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Neophricadothyris catatona (75885 105587 105722 105739 105892 106175)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Japan Phricodothyris catatona (181933)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Neophricadothyris catatona (43534 43562 75863 75865 81723 81862 81938 81950 102608 106029)