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Terebratulina christopheri

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae

Taxonomy

Terebratulina christopheri was named by Craig (2001). Its type specimen is WAM 88.852 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nanarup Lime Quarry, which is in a Bartonian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Werillup Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

T. atlantica, T. biplicata, T. caputserpentis, T. cooperi, T. echinulata, T. elongata, T. faujesii, T. inflata, T. insueta, T. lata, T. lato, T. longicolllis, T. macrescens, T. martiniana, T. noackensis, T. planicostata, T. semiglobosa, T. striata, T. tejonensis waringi, T. washingtonensis, T. weaveri, T. wilmingtonensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2001	Terebratulina christopheri Craig p. 208 figs. 8(M-S)

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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	Terebratulida
suborder	Terebratulidina
superfamily	Cancellothyridoidea	Thomson 1926
family	Cancellothyrididae	Thomson 1926
subfamily	Cancellothyridinae	Thomson 1926
genus	Terebratulina	d'Orbigny 1847
species	christopheri

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.

†Terebratulina christopheri Craig 2001

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	33	5.06	1.50	10.7	5.70	2.66

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesf

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2018-11-10 17:52:20

Modified:

2018-11-10 17:52:20

Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

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

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Priabonian or 41.03000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Australia (Western Australia)	Terebratulina christopheri (152409 type locality: 152410 152411 152500 152514)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Australia (Western Australia)	Terebratulina christopheri (152408 152430 152471 152474 152516)