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Arabatia

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae

Taxonomy

Arabatia was named by Cooper (1989) [Sepkoski's age data: J Call-m Sepkoski's reference number: 877]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Terebratulida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Loboidothyridinae by Williams et al. (2006) and Feldman et al. (2021).

Species

A. africana, A. arabica, A. bihinensis (syn. Arabicella costata, Cererithyris somaliensis, Arabicella subplana, Arabicella ovalis, Arabicella subpentagonalis, A. concava), A. dubia, A. rotunda

Synonyms

Arabicella was named by Cooper (1989) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bath-m J Call-m Sepkoski's reference number: 877]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Arabatia by Williams et al. (2006).

It was assigned to Terebratulida by Sepkoski (2002).
Arapsopleurum was named by Cooper (1989) [Sepkoski's age data: J Call-m Sepkoski's reference number: 877]. It is not extant. Its type is Arapsopleurum arabicum.

It was synonymized subjectively with Arabatia by Williams et al. (2006).

It was assigned to Terebratulida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1989	Arabatia Cooper
1989	Arabicella Cooper
1989	Arapsopleurum Cooper
2002	Arabatia Sepkoski
2002	Arabicella Sepkoski
2002	Arapsopleurum Sepkoski
2006	Arabatia Williams et al. p. 2082
2021	Arabatia Feldman et al. p. 449

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Terebratulida
suborder	Terebratulidina
superfamily	Loboidothyridoidea	Makridin 1964
family	Loboidothyrididae
subfamily	Loboidothyridinae	()
genus	Arabatia

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. †Arabatia Cooper 1989

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†Arabatia africana Weir 1929

†Arabatia arabica Cooper 1989

†Arabatia bihinensis Weir 1929

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Invalid names: Arabatia concava Cooper 1989 [synonym], Arabicella costata Cooper 1989 [synonym], Arabicella ovalis Cooper 1989 [synonym], Arabicella subpentagonalis Cooper 1989 [synonym], Arabicella subplana Cooper 1989 [synonym], Cererithyris somaliensis Weir 1929 [synonym]

†Arabatia dubia Cooper 1989

†Arabatia rotunda Cooper 1989

Invalid names: Arabicella Cooper 1989 [synonym], Arapsopleurum Cooper 1989 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	30	16.7	7.80	24.0	18.1	4.16

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesp

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2018-11-10 17:51:39

Modified:

2018-11-10 17:51:39

Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

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

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Callovian or 168.30000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections (73 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Bajocian	168.3 - 168.3	Somalia	Cererithyris somaliensis, Charltonithyris bihinensis, Charltonithyris africana (161481)
Bathonian - Bajocian	168.3 - 168.3	Kenya	Charltonithyris africana (161808)
Bathonian	168.3 - 166.1	Saudi Arabia	Arabicella ovalis (136003) Arabicella ovalis, Arabicella subpentagonalis, Arabicella subplana (98842) Arabicella subpentagonalis (98714 98902) Arabicella subpentagonalis, Arabicella subplana (98717) Arabicella subplana (98841) Cererithyris bihinensis (45464 45517 48307 48447 48448 48451 48484 48485 48522)
Bathonian - Callovian	168.3 - 163.5	Saudi Arabia	Arabicella subplana (136004)
Early/Lower Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	Saudi Arabia	A. bihinensis (141395)
Callovian	166.1 - 163.5	Somalia	Charltonithyris bihinensis, Charltonithyris africana (92998)
Callovian	166.1 - 163.5	Tunisia	Charltonithyris bihinensis (36665 99112)
Callovian	166.1 - 163.5	Yemen (Wadi Hajar)	Arabicella arabis (2567) Arabicella arabis, Arabicella ovalis, Arapsopleurum arabicum, Arapsopleurum rotundum (2604)
Callovian	166.1 - 163.5	Saudi Arabia	A. bihinensis (141342) A. concava (98681 99080) Arabicella costata (98721) Arabicella ovalis, Arabicella subpentagonalis, Arabicella subplana (98725) Arabicella ovalis, Arabicella subplana (98843) Arabicella subpentagonalis (98724 99109) Arabicella subpentagonalis, Arabicella subplana (98722) Arabicella subplana (98683) Arapsopleurum arabicum, Arapsopleurum dubium, Arapsopleurum rotundum (98680) Cererithyris bihinensis (45538 45539 45541 47873 48506 48537 48538 48564 48585 48586 48594 48596 48599 48603 48604)
Callovian	166.1 - 163.5	Jordan	Cererithyris bihinensis (35471)
Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian	166.1 - 161.2	Tunisia	Charltonithyris bihinensis (31077)
Callovian - Oxfordian	166.1 - 157.3	Tunisia	Charltonithyris bihinensis (13904)
Callovian - Oxfordian	166.1 - 157.3	Somalia	Cererithyris somaliensis (93015) Charltonithyris africana (93020) Charltonithyris bihinensis (93012)
Early/Lower Callovian	164.7 - 161.2	Saudi Arabia	A. africana (141398 141399 141419)
Early/Lower Callovian	164.7 - 161.2	Jordan	A. bihinensis (231872)
Middle Callovian	164.7 - 161.2	Saudi Arabia	A. africana (141498) A. bihinensis (141403 141404 141405 141407 141483 141484 141495 141515 141559 141560)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian	164.7 - 161.2	Tunisia	Charltonithyris bihinensis (13609 13676)