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Praelongithyris pajaudi

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Taxonomy
Praelongithyris pajaudi was named by Middlemiss (1984). Its type specimen is PM 1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ouled Mimoun, which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in Algeria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Praelongithyris pajaudi Middlemiss p. 589 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 4; Txt. Fig. 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
superfamilyTerebratuloidea(Gray 1840)
familySellithyrididaeMuir - Wood 1965
subfamilyRectithyridinaeMuir-Wood 1965
genusPraelongithyris
speciespajaudi

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.

Praelongithyris pajaudi Middlemiss 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:41:09
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:41:09
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Berriasian or 143.10000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Algeria Praelongithyris pajaudi (type locality: 153722)