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Glossothyropsis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Glossothyropsis Sepkoski
2006Glossothyropsis Williams et al. p. 2027

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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
superfamilyCryptonelloideaThomson 1926
familyNotothyrididaeLicharew 1960
subfamilyCryptacanthiinaeStehli 1965
genusGlossothyropsis

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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Glossothyropsis carinata Cooper and Grant 1976
Glossothyropsis cryptacanthoides Cooper and Grant 1976
Glossothyropsis immatura Cooper and Grant 1976
Glossothyropsis juvenis Cooper and Grant 1976
Glossothyropsis magna Cooper 1953
Glossothyropsis polita Cooper and Grant 1976
Glossothyropsis rectangulata Cooper and Grant 1976
Glossothyropsis sinuata Stehli 1954
Glossothyropsis superba Cooper and Grant 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height456.581.7013.78.102.98

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: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Capitanian or 293.52000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Xinjiang) G. sinuata (35513)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Canada (Nunavut) G. sp. (118084)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Cryptacanthia sinuata (75865) G. immatura (43589) G. sinuata (81848) G. sp. 1 (43492 43494 75864 81949 105907) G. superba (43517)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) G. rectangulata (43548 43553 81645 102614 105592 105726 105887 105932) G. sp. (81693) G. sp. 1 (102602) G. superba (43518 43563 101783)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28USA (Texas) G. carinata, G. robusta (106147)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51USA (Texas) Heterelasma shumardianum (108835)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) G. cryptacanthoides (106108 106299) G. cryptacanthoides, G. polita, G. robusta (101867) G. juvenis (106244) G. juvenis, G. polita (102619) G. polita (105902) G. polita, G. robusta (105896) G. rectangulata (43550 105764 105821 105977) G. robusta (81627 81939) G. sp., G. cryptacanthoides, G. juvenis (106245)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Mexico (Sonora) G. magna (40811 40815 40816 40817 40818 40821 40823 40846 40849)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) G. cryptacanthoides, G. juvenis (105894 105895 106243 106249) G. juvenis, G. polita (106248) G. sp. (108812) G. sp. 1 (81613)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Australia (Queensland) Dielasmatidae indet. (97269)