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Brachythyrina rectangula

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Choristitidae

Taxonomy
Spirifer rectangulus was named by Kutorga (1844). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Elinoria.

It was recombined as Elinoria rectangula by Cooper and Muir-Wood (1951); it was recombined as Brachythyrina rectangulus by Waterhouse (1981); it was recombined as Brachythyrina rectangula by Glushenko (1975), Li and Gu (1980), Tazawa et al. (2022), Xu et al. (2024).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2012-03-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Spirifer rectangulus Kutorga p. 90 figs. Pl 9, fig 5
1902Spirifer rectangulus Tschernyschew p. 158 figs. Pl 8, fig 1; pl 41, figs 1-5
1913Spirifer rectangulus Mansuy p. 67
1951Elinoria rectangula Cooper and Muir-Wood p. 195
1975Brachythyrina rectangula Glushenko figs. Pl 36, fig 7
1980Brachythyrina rectangula Li and Gu p. 488 figs. Pl 1, fig 16
1981Brachythyrina rectangulus Waterhouse p. 96 figs. Pl 21, figs 1-14; pl 22, figs 1-8; pl 23, fig 1
2022Brachythyrina rectangula Tazawa et al. p. 28 figs. 6E-G
2024Brachythyrina rectangula Xu et al. p. 695 figs. 8AH, 9A-J

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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
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familyChoristitidaeWaterhouse 1968
subfamilyAngiospiriferinaeLegrand-Blain 1985
genusBrachythyrinaFrederiks 1929
speciesrectangula(Kutorga 1844)

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.

Brachythyrina rectangula Kutorga 1844
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Invalid names: Spirifer trigonalis Martin 1809 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height214.810.521.015.87.42

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

Age range: base of the Mississippian to the top of the Kungurian or 358.86000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Alaska) Spirifer trigonalis (111910)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2India Spirifer trigonalis (230686)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Guangxi) Brachythyrina rectangula (134310)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Russian Federation (Rostovskaya) Brachythyrina rectangula (126252)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52China (Jilin) Brachythyrina rectangula (150446)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52China (Guangxi) Brachythyrina rectangula (134312)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Slovenia Spirifer trigonalis (129658)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Laos Spirifer trigonalis (233571)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Xizang) Brachythyrina rectangula (235549 235550)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Japan Brachythyrina rectangula (229575)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Thailand Brachythyrina rectangulus (117142 221705)