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Saucrorthis

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Productorthidae

Taxonomy

Saucrorthis is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Species

S. obtusa

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2000	Saucrorthis Williams et al. p. 752
2002	Saucrorthis Sepkoski

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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	Orthidina	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamily	Orthoidea	Woodward 1852
family	Productorthidae	Schuchert and Cooper 1931
subfamily	Productorthinae	Schuchert and Cooper 1931
genus	Saucrorthis

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. †Saucrorthis

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†Saucrorthis obtusa Ghobadi Pour et al. 2011

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

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

minorg

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 09:11:12

Modified:

2009-06-04 11:11:12

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

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Llanvirn to the top of the Caradoc or 468.00000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (21 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian	469.4 - 458.2	China (Sichuan)	S. obscura (64226 64227 64228 64229 64231 64234 64235 64778 64779 64780 64782 64783 64784 203293 203294)
Darriwilian	469.4 - 458.2	China (Yunnan)	S. minor (54187)
Darriwilian	469.4 - 458.2	Iran	S. obtusa (186094)
Llanvirn	468.0 - 458.2	China (Sichuan)	S. sp. (7647)
Caradoc	458.2 - 449.5	Myanmar	S. irravadica (186287)
Caradoc	458.2 - 449.5	China (Guizhou)	S. minor (186302)
Caradoc	458.2 - 449.5	Myanmar (Southern Shan)	S. irravadica (186282)