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Boubeithyris diploplicata

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Taxonomy
Boubeithyris diploplicata was named by Owen (1988). Its type specimen is B95597, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Warminster (Upper Greensand), which is in an Albian marine sandstone in the Upper Greensand Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Boubeithyris diploplicata Owen p. 112 figs. 17; Pl. 7, Fig. 1-3; Pl. 8, Fig. 4-24

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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
subfamilySellithyridinaeMuir-Wood 1965
genusBoubeithyris
speciesdiploplicata

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height120.6

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: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Cenomanian or 106.30000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France Boubeithyris diploplicata (153987 153988)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom Boubeithyris diploplicata (153985 153986)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Boubeithyris diploplicata (153917 type locality: 153918)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Boubeithyris diploplicata (153963)