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Arabatia bihinensis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae

Taxonomy
Charltonithyris bihinensis 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 Cererithyris bihinensis by Alméras and Gupta (1986); it was recombined as Arabatia bihinensis by Alméras et al. (2010), Feldman et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Cererithyris somaliensis Weir
1929Charltonithyris bihinensis Weir
1929Cererithyris somaliensis Weir p. 44 figs. Pl. 5, Fig. 9
1986Cererithyris bihinensis Alméras and Gupta
1989Arabatia concava Cooper
1989Arabicella costata Cooper
1989Arabicella ovalis Cooper
1989Arabicella subpentagonalis Cooper
1989Arabicella subplana Cooper
2006Arabatia costata Williams et al.
2006Arabatia ovalis Williams et al.
2006Arabatia subpentagonalis Williams et al.
2006Arabatia subplana Williams et al.
2010Arabatia bihinensis Alméras et al. p. 60
2021Arabatia bihinensis Feldman et al. p. 449 figs. 3A-L, 4

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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()
genusArabatia
speciesbihinensis()

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.

Arabatia bihinensis Weir 1929
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Invalid names: Arabatia concava Cooper 1989 [synonym], Arabicella costata Cooper 1989 [synonym], Arabicella ovalis Cooper 1989 [synonym], Arabicella subpentagonalis Cooper 1989 [synonym], Arabicella subplana Cooper 1989 [synonym], Cererithyris somaliensis Weir 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2716.77.8024.018.74.39

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: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Callovian or 168.20000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Bajocian168.2 - 168.2Somalia Cererithyris somaliensis, Charltonithyris bihinensis (type locality: 161481)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Arabicella ovalis (136003) Arabicella ovalis, Arabicella subpentagonalis, Arabicella subplana (98842) Arabicella subpentagonalis (98714 98902) Arabicella subpentagonalis, Arabicella subplana (98717) Arabicella subplana (98841) Cererithyris bihinensis (45464 45517 48307 48447 48448 48451 48484 48485 48522)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Arabatia bihinensis (141395)
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Arabicella subplana (136004)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Arabatia bihinensis (141342) Arabatia concava (98681 99080) Arabicella costata (98721) Arabicella ovalis, Arabicella subpentagonalis, Arabicella subplana (98725) Arabicella ovalis, Arabicella subplana (98843) Arabicella subpentagonalis (98724 99109) Arabicella subpentagonalis, Arabicella subplana (98722) Arabicella subplana (98683) Cererithyris bihinensis (45538 45539 45541 47873 48506 48537 48538 48564 48585 48586 48594 48596 48599 48603 48604)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Somalia Charltonithyris bihinensis (92998)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Arabicella ovalis (2604)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Charltonithyris bihinensis (36665 99112)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Jordan Cererithyris bihinensis (35471)
Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Charltonithyris bihinensis (31077)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Jordan Arabatia bihinensis (231872)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Arabatia bihinensis (141403 141404 141405 141407 141483 141484 141495 141515 141559 141560)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Charltonithyris bihinensis (13609 13676)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Somalia Cererithyris somaliensis (93015) Charltonithyris bihinensis (93012)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Charltonithyris bihinensis (13904)