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Argyrotheca bitnerae

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae

Taxonomy
Argyrotheca bitnerae was named by Dulai (2011). Its type specimen is HNHM PAL 2011.1.1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. neapolitana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Argyrotheca bitnerae Dulai p. 285 figs. 3, 4
2013Argyrotheca bitnerae Bitner et al. p. 588 figs. 5a-m, Tbl. 5
2020Argyrotheca bitnerae Dulai and von der Hocht p. 234 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-8
2022Argyrotheca bitnerae Bitner and Müller p. 95 figs. 6A-I
2023Argyrotheca bitnerae Bitner et al. p. 3 figs. 3A-G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyMegathyridoideaDall 1870
familyMegathyrididaeDall 1870
genusArgyrothecaDall 1900
speciesbitnerae

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.

†Argyrotheca bitnerae Dulai 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height60.8940.5001.400.9000.351

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:30:31
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:30:31
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Badenian or 33.90000 to 12.70000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Argyrotheca bitnerae (233115 233116 233118 233119 233120)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Argyrotheca bitnerae (152695)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany Argyrotheca bitnerae (233320 233338)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Landes) Argyrotheca bitnerae (152689 152694)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Aquitaine) Argyrotheca bitnerae (88795)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Iran Argyrotheca bitnerae (232986)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland Argyrotheca bitnerae (233126 233127 233128 233129 233130 233131) Argyrotheca cistellula (51687 194955 233133 233136 233138 233144)