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Dalejina

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae

Taxonomy

Dalejina was named by Havlicek (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg-u D Eife-u Sepkoski's reference number: 24,25,27,965]. Its type is Dalejina hanusi.

It was assigned to Orthida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Rhipidomellinae by Bassett and Cocks (1974), Williams et al. (2000), Rubel (2011).

Species

D. alsa, D. hanusi (type species), D. hybrida, D. junonis, D. livia, D. phaseola, D. striata, Rhipidomelloides oblata

Species lacking formal opinion data

D. crassiformis, D. devonensis, D. frequens, D. nybrida, D. oblata, D. ovata

Synonyms

Rhipidomelloides is a genus. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dalejina by Williams et al. (2000).

It was assigned to Orthida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1953	Dalejina Havlicek
1974	Dalejina Bassett and Cocks
2000	Dalejina Williams et al. p. 818
2002	Dalejina Sepkoski
2002	Rhipidomelloides Sepkoski
2011	Dalejina Rubel

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Orthida	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
suborder	Dalmanellidina	Moore 1952
superfamily	Dalmanelloidea	Schuchert 1913
family	Rhipidomellidae	Schuchert 1913
subfamily	Rhipidomellinae	Schuchert 1913
genus	Dalejina	Havlicek 1953

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.

G. †Dalejina Havlicek 1953

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†Dalejina alsa Hall 1863

†Dalejina hanusi Havlicek 1953

†Dalejina hybrida Sowerby 1839

†Dalejina junonis Li and Copper 2006

†Dalejina livia Billings 1860

†Dalejina phaseola Rubel 1963

†Dalejina striata Jin et al. 1993

Invalid names: Rhipidomelloides [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Entire body:

yesg

Adult length:

1.0 to < 10g

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10g

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10g

Thickness:

thing

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

minorg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

minorg

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-03-06 07:14:11

Modified:

2009-03-06 09:14:11

Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Porkuni to the top of the Eifelian or 445.20000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (402 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Kosovian	445.2 - 443.1	Morocco	D. sp. (21002)
Porkuni	445.2 - 443.1	Latvia	Rhipidomelloides sp. (173494 197450 197451)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian	443.1 - 438.6	Russian Federation (Siberia)	D. hybrida (206465 206484) D. nybrida (206541 206542 206543 206560)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian	443.1 - 438.6	Russian Federation	D. hybrida (185959)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian	443.1 - 438.6	USA (Iowa)	D. sp. (26691)
Llandovery	443.1 - 432.9	Lithuania	D. hybrida (207293)
Llandovery	443.1 - 432.9	United Kingdom (Wales)	D. sp. (465 521)
Llandovery	443.1 - 432.9	Canada (Québec)	D. sp. (24539 24540 24543)
Llandovery	443.1 - 432.9	USA (New York)	D. hybrida (77052 77054)
Llandovery	443.1 - 432.9	USA (Indiana)	D. euorthis, D. hybrida (13291)
Youngest occurrences
Time interval	Ma	Country or state	PBDB collection number
Emsian	410.62 - 393.47	China (Guangxi)	D. minor (27504)
Zlichovian	410.62 - 393.47	Czech Republic (Barrandia)	D. ampulla (12112)
Emsian - Eifelian	410.62 - 387.95	Colombia	D. sp. (35867 35868 35886 35891 35893 35975)
Late/Upper Emsian	399.5 - 393.47	Czech Republic	D. hanusi (12144)
Late/Upper Emsian	399.5 - 393.47	Russian Federation	D. sardzhalensis (35715 35718)
Late/Upper Emsian	399.5 - 393.47	USA (New York)	D. alsa (232948)
Late/Upper Emsian	399.5 - 393.47	Morocco	D. sp. (208263)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian	399.5 - 387.95	Morocco	D. aulacelliformis (207889)
Eifelian	393.47 - 387.95	China (Guangxi)	D. sp. (27555)
Eifelian	393.47 - 387.95	USA (New York)	Dalejina indet. sp. 1, Dalejina indet. sp. 2 (77056) D. sp. (9555 9556 9558 9559 9560 9562 9563 9564 9565 9566 9569 9571 9572 9573 9574 9581 77076 77077 77078)