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Placotriplesia

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae

Taxonomy
Placotriplesia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Triplesiidae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Orthida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Placotriplesia Williams et al. p. 689
2002Placotriplesia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
suborderTriplesiidinaMoore 1952
superfamilyTriplesioideaSchuchert 1913
familyTriplesiidaeSchuchert 1913
genusPlacotriplesia

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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Placotriplesia spissa Popov et al. 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height93.782.755.923.441.23

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
Folds: minorg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2006).g
Created: 2009-06-06 12:42:53
Modified: 2009-06-06 14:42:53
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Caradoc to the top of the Homerian or 458.20000 to 426.70000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Kazakhstan P. spissa (80206 80209 80210 80212 80215 80217 80218 80222)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Arkansas) P. praecipta, P. juvenis (26022)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Oklahoma) P. praecipta (26025)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Czechia P. moera (14098 14101)