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Eoplectodonta

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Eoplectodonta Kozlowski
1974Eoplectodonta Bassett and Cocks
1977Eoplectodonta Mitchell
1987Eoplectodonta Temple p. 60
1997Eoplectodonta Jin and Chatterton
2000Eoplectodonta Williams et al. p. 344
2002Eoplectodonta Sepkoski
2004Eoplectodonta Musteikis and Cocks
2005Eoplectodonta Cocks p. 277
2010Eoplectodonta Cocks
2011Eoplectodonta Rubel
2015Eoplectodonta Hints and Harper

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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
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyPlectambonitoideaJones 1928
familySowerbyellidaeOpik 1930
subfamilySowerbyellinaeOpik 1930
genusEoplectodontaKozlowski 1929

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. †Eoplectodonta Kozlowski 1929
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Subg. †Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) Kozlowski 1929
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Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) duplicata de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
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Invalid names: Eoplectodonta mullochensis Reed 1917 [synonym], Eoplectodonta undulata Phillips and Salter 1848 [synonym]
Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) lenis Whittington and Williams 1955
Subg. †Eoplectodonta (Ygerodiscus) Havlicek 1967
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Eoplectodonta (Ygerodiscus) bella Musteikis and Cocks 2004
Eoplectodonta (Ygerodiscus) transversalis Phillips and Salter 1848
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Invalid names: Eoplectodonta propinqua Rybnikova 1967 [synonym]
Invalid names: Paranisopleurella [synonym]
Eoplectodonta acuminata Holtedahl 1916
Eoplectodonta bidecorata Barrande 1879
Eoplectodonta budgei Sheehan 1976
Eoplectodonta california Boucot et al. 1988
Eoplectodonta duvalii Davidson 1847
Eoplectodonta moelsi Rõõmusoks 1981
Eoplectodonta nesnakomkaensis Oradovskaya 1988
Eoplectodonta percedens Holtedahl 1916
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: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2000).g
Created: 2009-06-10 11:44:55
Modified: 2009-06-10 13:44:55
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Ludlow or 457.30000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (624 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berounian459.7 - 450.1Spain (Caceres and Cuidad Real) E. sp. (21047)
Costonian458.2 - 457.2United Kingdom (Wales) E. lenis (188595) E. sp. (3371)
Costonian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2China (Hubei) E. sp. (4708)
Costonian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2Sweden E. sp. (2766 2767)
Harnagian458.2 - 457.2United Kingdom (Wales) E. lenis (43634)
Soudleyan458.2 - 457.2United Kingdom (Wales) E. sp. (3301 192387)
Soudleyan458.2 - 457.2United Kingdom (England) E. sp. (3303)
Aurelucian458.2 - 456.6United Kingdom (Scotland) E. semirugata (165033 165037)
Costonian - Longvillian458.2 - 455.0Norway (Oslo) E. percedens (194668)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) E. sp. (3363 3368 3369 3370 3372)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Jaagarahu431.2 - 428.6Lithuania E. duvalii (192660) Ygerodiscus sp., E. duvalii (192559)
Whitwellian430.6 - 429.6Canada (Northwest Territories) E. paucicostellata (26042 26048 26058)
Homerian - Jaagarahu430.6 - 428.6Lithuania E. bella (192580) E. duvalii (192583)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Sweden (Gotland) Plectodonta transversalis (13671)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Czechia E. sowerbyana (14065 14095)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Lithuania E. cornuta (192649 192650) E. duvalii, E. bella (192647)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) E. sp. (23216 23284 23286 23288 23289 23293)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Kazakhstan E. sp. (23754)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Lithuania E. sp. (13769 13770 13774)
Ludlow - Elton426.7 - 421.3United Kingdom (Wales) Plectodonta transversalis (74760)