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Levinotothyris rotunda

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

Taxonomy
Levinotothyris rotunda was named by Smirnova (2007). Its type specimen is PIN 2228/1001, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mamazair River Basin, which is in an Artinskian marine limestone in the Kizildjilginskii Formation of Tajikistan. It is the type species of Levinotothyris.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Levinotothyris rotunda Smirnova p. 751 figs. Pl 1, fig 5; text-fig 43

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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
superfamilyCryptonelloideaThomson 1926
familyNotothyrididaeLicharew 1960
genusLevinotothyris
speciesrotunda

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.

Levinotothyris rotunda Smirnova 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height55.274.507.004.801.11

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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Tajikistan Levinotothyris rotunda (type locality: 118078 118079)