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Tubithyris wylliei

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae

Taxonomy
Cererithyris wylliei was named by Weir (1929). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bihendula (basal echinoid Bihin limestone), which is in a Bathonian/Bajocian carbonate limestone in the Bihin Limestone Formation of Somalia.

It was recombined as Tubithyris wylliei by Alméras et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Cererithyris wylliei Weir
2010Tubithyris wylliei Alméras et al. p. 79

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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
familyLobothyrididaeMakridin 1964
subfamilyLophrothyridinae
genusTubithyris
specieswylliei()

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.

†Tubithyris wylliei Weir 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height119.5

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:44:45
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:44:45
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bajocian to the top of the Callovian or 168.60000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian170.9 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Cererithyris wylliei (45303)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Saudi Arabia Tubithyris wylliei (141339 141477 141509 141527)
Bathonian - Bajocian168.2 - 168.2Somalia Cererithyris wylliei (161481)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Cererithyris wylliei (45395 48137 48140 48298 48340 48369 48373 48395 48404 48405)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Tubithyris wylliei (141352 141417 141480)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Somalia Cererithyris wylliei (92998)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Ethiopia Cererithyris wylliei (94571)