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Orthothetina eusarkos

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae

Taxonomy
Streptorhynchus eusarkos was named by Abich (1878). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Araxes Gorge, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in Azerbaijan.

It was recombined as Orthotetes eusarcos by Arthaber (1900) and Stoyanow (1910); it was recombined as Orthothetina eusarkos by Sokolskaja (1965), Fantini Sestini (1965), Shen and He (1994), Shen and Shi (2007), Yousefirad et al. (2013), Garbelli and Angiolini (2014) and Ghaderi et al. (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Streptorhynchus eusarkos Abich p. 73 figs. Pl 6, figs 4,4a
1900Orthotetes armeniacus Arthaber p. 246 figs. Pl 19, figs 4a-d, 5
1900Orthotetes eusarcos Arthaber p. 248 figs. Pl 19, figs 6a-d
1910Orthotetes eusarcos Stoyanow p. 103
1911Orthotetes armeniacus Frech p. 174 figs. Pl 26, figs 2a,b
1922Orthotetes armeniacus Hayasaka p. 71 figs. Pl 4, fig 1
1965Orthothetina armeniaca Fantini Sestini p. 34 figs. Pl 3, figs 4,5
1965Orthothetina eusarkos Fantini Sestini p. 36 figs. Pl 3, fig 3
1965Orthothetina eusarkos Sokolskaja p. 208 figs. Pl 31, figs 3-5
1994Orthothetina eusarkos Shen and He p. 447 figs. Pl 2, figs 5,6
2007Orthothetina eusarkos Shen and Shi p. 21 figs. Pl 6, figs 25-28
2013Orthothetina eusarkos Yousefirad et al. p. 69 figs. Pl 2, fig 2
2014Orthothetina eusarkos Garbelli and Angiolini p. 42 figs. Pl 2, figs 5-11
2015Orthothetina eusarkos Ghaderi et al. figs. Pl 1, figs 24-27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
superfamilyOrthotetoidea
familyMeekellidae
subfamilyMeekellinae
genusOrthothetinaSchellwien 1900
specieseusarkos()

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.

Orthothetina eusarkos Abich 1878
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Invalid names: Orthotetes armeniacus Arthaber 1900 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height923.411.040.027.810.6
valve height145.0----

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-15 05:25:57
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:25:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Changhsingian or 272.30000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian - Capitanian279.3 - 259.51China (Hubei) Orthotetes armeniacus (121096)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Japan Orthothetina eusarkos (125086)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Nei Mongol) Orthothetina eusarkos (109213)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran (Tehran) Orthothetina armeniaca (43297) Orthothetina armeniaca, Orthothetina eusarkos (43296)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Azerbaijan Orthotetes armeniacus (132459) Orthotetes eusarcos (132464) Orthothetina eusarkos (94948 110595 116754) Streptorhynchus eusarkos (232366)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Iran Orthothetina eusarkos (118266 118269 155072 155078 155079 155121 155124 175882)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Armenia Orthothetina eusarkos (110784)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Iran (Abadeh) Orthothetina eusarkos (63894)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Chongqing) Orthothetina eusarkos (94966 94967 94968)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Iran Orthothetina eusarkos (118359)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Orthothetina eusarkos (117481)
Changhsingian - Griesbachian254.17 - 250.5India (Kashmir) Schellwienella sp. (48913)