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Brachythyrina

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Choristitidae

Taxonomy
Brachythyrina was named by Frederiks (1929) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-u P Sakm-u Sepkoski's reference number: 400,432,1172]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); to Brachythyridinidae by Waterhouse (2004); and to Angiospiriferinae by Williams et al. (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Brachythyrina Frederiks
1939Anelasmina Semikhatova
2002Brachythyrina Sepkoski
2004Brachythyrina Waterhouse
2006Brachythyrina Williams et al. p. 1783
2007Brachythyrina rectanguliformis Zhan figs. Pl 2, figs 12,13; pl 3, fig 20; pl 4, figs 23,24

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familyChoristitidaeWaterhouse 1968
subfamilyAngiospiriferinaeLegrand-Blain 1985
genusBrachythyrinaFrederiks 1929

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.

G. †Brachythyrina Frederiks 1929
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†Brachythyrina arctica Gobbett 1963
†Brachythyrina boonlomi Waterhouse 2004
†Brachythyrina byrangi Chernyak 1963
†Brachythyrina gobbetti Shi and Waterhouse 1991
†Brachythyrina jakovlevi Ivanova 1958
†Brachythyrina lata Chao 1929
†Brachythyrina rectangula Kutorga 1844
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Invalid names: Spirifer trigonalis Martin 1809 [synonym]
†Brachythyrina sibirica Chernyak 1963
†Brachythyrina strangwaysi de Verneuil 1845
†Brachythyrina tricostata Solomina 1988
Invalid names: Anelasmina Semikhatova 1939 [synonym], Brachythyrina rectanguliformis Zhan 2007 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height317.910.526.121.07.95

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tournaisian to the top of the Changhsingian or 358.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7India Spirifer strangwaysi (230343)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Alaska) Spirifer trigonalis (111910)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0Egypt (Sinai) B. sp. (5534)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Egypt B. sp. (46983)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Wyoming) B. washakiensis (5714)
Chesterian - Alportian335.5 - 321.8USA (Wyoming) B. washakiensis (5693)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2India Spirifer trigonalis (230686)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2China (Xinjiang) Choristites abnormalis (58130)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Ukraine B. proba, B. sp. (228668)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) B. sp. (62694)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.5Spain B. strangwaysi (73298)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0China (Xizang) B. abnormalis (132561)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Malaysia B. sp. (120937)
Middle Pennsylvanian - Late/Upper Pennsylvanian315.2 - 298.9Canada (Yukon) B. ufensis (61573)
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9China (Xinjiang) B. lata (50238) B. strangwayi (50240 50241)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Guangxi) B. rectangula, B. strangwaysi, B. lata (134310)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Russian Federation (Rostovskaya) B. rectangula (126252)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Guangxi) B. rectangula (134312)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Yunnan) B. peregrina (61492 61503 61504 61505)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Jilin) B. rectangula (150446)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Slovenia Spirifer trigonalis (129658)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Laos Spirifer trigonalis (233571)
Wolfcampian - Leonardian298.9 - 273.01Canada (Yukon) B. ufensis (61576)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Xizang) B. rectangula, B. rectanguliformis (235549 235550)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Austria Spirifer trigonalis (129694)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Malaysia B. gobbetti (117676)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Japan B. rectangula (229575)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Guangxi) B. sp. (134321)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Mongolia B. sp. (51571)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Japan B. arctica (167888)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Thailand B. rectangulus (117142 221705)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Guangxi) B. sp. (134340 134341)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation B. tricostata (82078 86131 89202)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation B. sibirica (94923) B. sp. (124102)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) B. sp. (149293 149298)