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Ptychopleurella

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Ptychopleurella Schuchert and Cooper
1964Ptychopleurella Rõõmusoks
1964Ptychopleurella Wright
1974Ptychopleurella Bassett and Cocks
1977Ptychopleurella Mitchell
1982Ptychopleurella Wright
1990Ptychopleurella Potter
1997Ptychopleurella Jin and Chatterton
2000Ptychopleurella Williams et al. p. 740
2011Ptychopleurella Rubel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderOrthidinaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamilyOrthoideaWoodward 1852
familyHesperorthidaeSchuchert and Cooper 1931
genusPtychopleurellaSchuchert and Cooper 1931

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. †Ptychopleurella Schuchert and Cooper 1931
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Ptychopleurella aleksandrovae Nikitin et al. 1996
Ptychopleurella angulaticostata Jin and Chatterton 1997
Ptychopleurella arthuri Pestana 1960
Ptychopleurella bouchardi Davidson 1847
Ptychopleurella decretoria Percival 1991
Ptychopleurella erecta Rubel 1962
Ptychopleurella kleinhamplei Ross and Barnes 1967
Ptychopleurella lamellosa Raymond 1905
Ptychopleurella lapworthi Davidson 1883
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Invalid names: Glyptorthis biornata Reed 1945 [synonym]
Ptychopleurella lenzi Zhang 1989
Ptychopleurella multicostata Whittard and Barker 1950
Ptychopleurella pirguensis Rõõmusoks 1964
Ptychopleurella porcia Billings 1859
Ptychopleurella separata Wright 1964
Ptychopleurella sulcata Cooper 1956
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: minorg
Ribbing: majorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al (2002).g
Created: 2009-06-04 08:12:16
Modified: 2009-06-04 10:12:16
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Abereiddian to the top of the Zlichovian or 468.00000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (209 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2USA (Tennessee) P. sp. (319)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Clitambonites porcia (172147 172350 172353) P. sp. (305 307 435)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (Tennessee) P. globularis (186138) P. glypta (204097) P. sp. (308)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) P. sp. (301 104278)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Oklahoma) P. oklahomensis (203312)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1USA (California) P. uniplicata (100557 100570 100571 100580 100603 100610 100613) P. uniplicata, P. mediocostata (100593)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Russian Federation (Siberia) P. oklachomensis (205561)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Russian Federation (Altay) P. oklachomensis (45983 45986)
Abereiddian468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom (Scotland) P. rectangulata (164929)
Llandeilian461.1 - 458.2USA (California) P. uniplicata (100561 100562)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Sweden P. sp. (24867)
Ludfordian - Pridoli425.0 - 419.62USA (Oklahoma) P. rugiplicata (26824)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (Oklahoma) P. rugiplicata (170234 170243 170244 170254 170262 170263 170264 170266)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Canada (Yukon Territory) P. sp. (26657)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (Nevada) P. sp. E (180183) P. sp. F (180840 180844 181133 214871 214874 240666)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Canada (Yukon) P. sp. (25273)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (New South Wales) P. cymbella, P. forticostata (25695)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62USA (Nevada) P. sp. (595)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia (Prague) P. sp. (12071)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czechia (Barrandia) P. revivisicens (12112)