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Cleiothyridina macleayana

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Taxonomy
Athyris macleayana was named by Etheridge (1889). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mount Marmion, near junction of Lennard and Meda Rivers, which is in an Artinskian marine sandstone in the Noonkanbah Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Cleiothyris macleayana by Etheridge (1903), Etheridge (1907), Etheridge (1915); it was recombined as Cleiothyridina macleayana by Archbold and Shi (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Athyris macleayana Etheridge Jr. p. 208 figs. Pl 17, figs 1-5
1903Cleiothyris macleayana Etheridge Jr. p. 16 figs. Pl 3, figs 10-20
1907Cleiothyris macleayana Etheridge Jr. p. 21
1915Cleiothyris macleayana Etheridge Jr. p. 23 figs. Pl 1, fig 7
1993Cleiothyridina macleayana Archbold and Shi p. 195

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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
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderAthyrididinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyAthyridoideaMcCoy 1844
familyAthyrididaeMcCoy 1841
subfamilyCleiothyridininae
genusCleiothyridinaBuckman 1906
speciesmacleayana()

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.

†Cleiothyridina macleayana Etheridge Jr. 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height119.0

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 18:06:04
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:06:04
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Kungurian or 293.52000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Athyris macleayana (131545) Cleiothyris macleayana (101221 131540 131605)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Western Australia) Athyris macleayana (131600)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Western Australia) Cleiothyris macleayana (106707)