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Rhombotrypa

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae

Taxonomy
Rhombotrypa is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trepostomida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Amplexoporidae by Bassler (1953), Zhang et al. (2018).

Species
R. quadrata
Species lacking formal opinion data
R. spinulifera, R. subquadrata
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Rhomboporella Bassler p. G134
1953Rhombotrypa Bassler p. G109
2002Acanthotrypina Sepkoski
2002Rhomboporella Sepkoski
2002Rhombotrypa Sepkoski
2018Rhombotrypa Zhang et al. p. 252

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
superorderPalaeostomataMa et al. 2014
orderTrepostomida(Ulrich 1882)
suborderAmplexoporinaAstrova 1965
familyAmplexoporidaeMiller 1889
genusRhombotrypa

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.

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†Rhombotrypa quadrata Rominger 1866
Invalid names: Acanthotrypina [synonym], Rhomboporella [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:11:14
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:19:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Maysvillian to the top of the Sakmarian or 450.20000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Georgia) R. sp. (32650)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) R. quadrata (5390)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Michigan) R. quadrata (26307)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) R. quadrata (6900 6903 6905 6906 6907) R. sp. (373)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Michigan) R. quadrata (26313) R. subquadrata, R. quadrata (26312)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) R. quadrata (22960 173014 173036 173116 173135 173174)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Kentucky) R. quadrata (37833)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) R. sp. (395 77927) R. subquadrata (5326)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.1USA (Ohio) R. sp. (392 393 394)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Kentucky) R. quadrata (24034)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Tennessee) R. quadrata (5393)
Niagaran439.4 - 422.7USA (New York) R. spinulifera (22817)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Rhomboporella sp. (75594)