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Kitakamithyris

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Kitakamithyris Sepkoski
2006Kitakamithyris Williams et al. p. 1864

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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
suborderDelthyridinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyReticularioidea
familyElythidaeFredericks 1924
subfamilyElythinaeFrederiks 1924
genusKitakamithyris

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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†Kitakamithyris booralensis Campbell 1955
†Kitakamithyris immensa Campbell 1961
†Kitakamithyris krystofovichi Zavodovsky 1970
†Kitakamithyris ovata Liu and Waterhouse 1985
†Kitakamithyris stepanovi Zavodowsky 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height212.810.016.513.24.60

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Wordian or 365.20000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (81 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) K. microgemma (38273 38274 38325 38327 38329)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Belgium K. microgemma (235221)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7USA (Illinois) K. cooperensis (5695 5795 5801)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) K. rouchelensis (46867 46869 217051 217053) K. sp. (58018) K. uniplicata (46871 46872)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7USA (Oklahoma) K. cooperensis (5614)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7USA (Iowa/Illinois) K. cooperensis (5814)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Canada (Alberta) K. cooperensis (67239 67261 67334 67337 67338)
Tournaisian - Visean358.86 - 330.3Australia (New South Wales) K. rouchelensis (46856 46859 46860)
Kinderhookian - Virgilian358.86 - 298.9USA (California) K. sp. (588)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Australia (New South Wales) K. sp. (58025 58034) K. triseptata (46873 46877 46880 46910 46919 46924 46945 58143 62638) K. triseptata, K. uniplicata (5603 58142) K. uniplicata (46895 46896 46908 46909 46911 46925 46926 46930 46932 46933 46935 58147) K. uniplicata, K. triseptata (5605 46916 46917 46927 46941 46944)
Visean346.7 - 330.3China (Xinjiang) K. karatagensis (41754 41755 41758)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Australia (New South Wales) K. triseptata, K. uniplicata (8220 8221 8222 8223)
Chesterian - Virgilian335.4 - 298.9USA (California) K. sp. (589)
Late/Upper Mississippian330.3 - 323.4USA (California) K. sp. (143608 143609 143615 143624)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Australia (Queensland) K. booralensis (145003 145007 145008 145040 145041 145042 145053)
Namurian - Westphalian330.3 - 307.4Australia (New South Wales) K. booralensis (58068 58069)
Namurian - Westphalian330.3 - 307.4Argentina K. septata (58108)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Nei Mongol) K. ovata (112674)