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Avonothyris plicatina

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae

Taxonomy
Avonothyris plicatina was named by Buckman (1917). Its type specimen is BGS 51326 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bradford-on-Avon (Marshall Coll.), which is in a Bathonian carbonate limestone/claystone in the Forest Marble Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Avonothyris.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Avonothyris plicatina Buckman p. 102 figs. Pl 21, figs 9a-c
1983Avonothyris plicatina Cooper p. 58 figs. Pl 48, figs 1-10

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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
superfamilyLoboidothyridoideaMakridin 1964
familyLoboidothyrididae
subfamilyLoboidothyridinae()
genusAvonothyris
speciesplicatina

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.

†Avonothyris plicatina Buckman 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height118.7

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:51:39
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:51:39
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (Wiltshire) Avonothyris plicatina (135486 type locality: 171320)