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Loculitheca zhijinensis

Orthothecimorpha - Circothecida - Turcuthecidae

Taxonomy
Loculitheca zhijinensis was named by Qian and Yin (1984). It is not extant. Its type locality is Gezhongwu, bed 19, which is in a Meishucunian marine phosphorite/dolomite in the Dengying Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. kunka

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Loculitheca zhijinensis Qian and Yin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumHyolitha
classOrthothecimorpha
orderCircothecidaSysoev 1968
familyTurcuthecidaeMissarzhevskiy 1989
genusLoculithecaSysoyev 1968
specieszhijinensis

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.

†Loculitheca zhijinensis Qian and Yin 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitep
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-12 00:20:02
Modified: 2010-02-12 02:20:02
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Meishucunian or 530.70000 to 521.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Guizhou) Loculitheca zhijinensis (type locality: 106514)