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Placothyris kegeli

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Taxonomy
Placothyris kegeli was named by Harper et al. (2005). Its type specimen is MGUH 27498, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 6, Brorson Halvø, Wollaston Forland, which is in a Valanginian offshore shelf mudstone in the Palnatokes Bjerg Formation of Greenland.

Entered
by M. Manojlovic (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2014-01-07; modified by M. Manojlovic on 2014-02-10

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Placothyris kegeli Harper et al. p. 220 figs. 2k-m, 2r-t, 3

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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
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyLoboidothyridoideaMakridin 1964
subfamilyPsebajithyridinae
genusPlacothyris
specieskegeli

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.

Placothyris kegeli Harper et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height21.130.9401.361.150.297
shell height111.9----

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:12
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:47:38
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Valanginian or 149.20000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen Placothyris kegeli (163966)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Greenland Placothyris kegeli (62562 type locality: 62641)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Greenland Placothyris kegeli (62643)