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Penzhinothyris imbricata

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Mametothyrididae

Taxonomy
Penzhinothyris imbricata was named by Thomson and Owen (1979). Its type specimen is KG.1.349 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is KG 1 Fossil Bluff (Unit R5), which is in an Aptian marine mudstone in the Fossil Bluff Formation of Antarctica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Penzhinothyris imbricata Thomson and Owen p. 30 figs. 8a, 8d

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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
familyMametothyrididae
genusPenzhinothyris
speciesimbricata

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.

Penzhinothyris imbricata Thomson and Owen 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Early/Lower Aptian or 121.40000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Antarctica Penzhinothyris imbricata (type locality: 157585)