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Gibbirhynchia amalthei

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Terebratula amalthei was named by Quenstedt (1852).

It was recombined as Gibbirhynchia amalthei by Ager (1954), Ager (1962), Alméras and Fauré (2000), Alméras et al. (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. dereki, G. pillula

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Terebratula amalthei Quenstedt p. 453 figs. Pl 36, fig 17
1864Rhynchonella dysonymus Seebach p. 90
1954Gibbirhynchia amalthei Ager p. 32 fig. 3
1962Gibbirhynchia amalthei Ager p. 93 figs. Pl 8,fig 5; text-figs 54,55
2000Gibbirhynchia amalthei Alméras and Fauré p. 152 figs. Pl 15, figs 21-26; suppl. fig. 50A
2007Gibbirhynchia amalthei Alméras et al. p. 80

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyHemithiridoideaRzhonsnitskaya 1956
familyTetrarhynchiidaeAger 1965
subfamilyGibbirhynchiinae
genusGibbirhynchia
speciesamalthei(Quenstedt 1852)

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.

†Gibbirhynchia amalthei Quenstedt 1852
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Invalid names: Rhynchonella dysonymus Seebach 1864 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height66.774.408.607.101.56

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:25
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Davoei to the top of the Early/Lower Toarcian or 192.90000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Bulgaria Gibbirhynchia amalthei (106902)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2France Gibbirhynchia amalthei (160977)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2Spain Gibbirhynchia amalthei (160978 160979)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2France Gibbirhynchia amalthei (227111)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany Gibbirhynchia amalthei (138182 138184)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Slovakia Gibbirhynchia amalthei (158485)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Dorset) Gibbirhynchia amalthei (159379)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Gibbirhynchia amalthei (159380)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Germany Gibbirhynchia amalthei (138183 138186)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom Gibbirhynchia amalthei (138185)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2France Gibbirhynchia amalthei (124107 140731 140732 140734 160765 160974 160975 160976)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom Gibbirhynchia amalthei (213641 213647)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2France Gibbirhynchia amalthei (124111)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom Gibbirhynchia amalthei (213672 213676 213678)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7France Gibbirhynchia amalthei (51608)