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Goliathyris lewyi

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Taxonomy
Goliathyris lewyi was named by Feldman and Owen (1988). Its type locality is Gebel El-Minshera, which is in a Callovian marine marl/claystone in Egypt. It is the type species of Goliathyris.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Goliathyris lewyi Feldman and Owen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
genusGoliathyris
specieslewyi

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.

†Goliathyris lewyi Feldman and Owen 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height347.443.549.549.53.46

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

Age range: Late/Upper Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Egypt Goliathyris lewyi (type locality: 98679)