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Kutchithyris

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae

Taxonomy

Kutchithyris was named by Buckman (1917) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bath-u K Barr-l Sepkoski's reference number: 538,776,882]. Its type is Terebratula acutiplicata.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

K. jumaraensis, K. jumarensis

Synonyms

Eurypthyris is a genus. It is not extant.

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

It was assigned to Terebratulida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1917	Kutchithyris Buckman p. 113
2002	Eurypthyris Sepkoski
2002	Kutchithyris Sepkoski
2006	Kutchithyris Williams et al. p. 2113

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

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Terebratulida
suborder	Terebratulidina
superfamily	Loboidothyridoidea	Makridin 1964
family	Postepithyrididae
genus	Kutchithyris

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. †Kutchithyris Buckman 1917

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†Kutchithyris acutiplicata Kitchin 1900

†Kutchithyris amdoensis Sun 1981

†Kutchithyris anongensis Sun 1981

†Kutchithyris breviplicata Kitchin 1900

†Kutchithyris brivesi Roch 1930

†Kutchithyris challinori MacFarlan 2016

†Kutchithyris dengqenensis Sun 1981

†Kutchithyris dhosaensis Kitchin 1900

†Kutchithyris egregia Buckman 1917

†Kutchithyris euryptycha Kitchin 1900

†Kutchithyris ferrandii Stefanini 1932

†Kutchithyris fulva Buckman 1917

†Kutchithyris hendersoni Marwick 1953

†Kutchithyris hypsogonia Kitchin 1900

Invalid names: Kutchithyris longicarinata Kitchin 1900 [synonym]

†Kutchithyris ingluviosa Kitchin 1900

†Kutchithyris jooraensis Kitchin 1900

†Kutchithyris katametopa Kitchin 1900

†Kutchithyris kennedyi Middlemiss 1980

†Kutchithyris lingularis Jin et al. 1979

†Kutchithyris marokopaensis MacFarlan 2016

†Kutchithyris mitra Mukherjee 2007

†Kutchithyris mulaensis Sun 1981

†Kutchithyris pentagonalis Sun 1981

†Kutchithyris planiconvexa Kitchin 1900

†Kutchithyris propinqua Kitchin 1900

Invalid names: Terebratula aurata Kitchin 1900 [synonym]

†Kutchithyris pygmae Jin et al. 1979

†Kutchithyris pyroidea Kitchin 1900

Invalid names: Kutchithyris landeri Feldman et al. 2001 [synonym]

†Kutchithyris tibetica Jin et al. 1979

†Kutchithyris zamdaensis Sun 1981

Invalid names: Eurypthyris [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
height	11	15.1	8.13	20.5	16.5	3.53
shell height	32	16.0	10.2	27.0	16.5	4.31

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesp

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2018-11-10 17:50:59

Modified:

2018-11-10 17:50:59

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

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

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Barremian or 170.90000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (145 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bajocian	170.9 - 168.2	New Zealand	K. marokopaensis (134228 182710 182711 182713 182756)
Bajocian	170.9 - 168.2	New Caledonia	K. marokopaensis (133821)
Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	New Zealand	K. marokopaensis (133870 182755)
Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	United Kingdom	K. egregia (171413)
Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	Saudi Arabia	K. sp. 1 (98841)
Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	India	K. acutiplicata, K. propinqua, Heimia planiconvexa (171338)
Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	China (Xizang)	K. amdoensis (132690) K. anongensis, K. lingularis (132675) K. ingluviosa, K. mulaensis (132669) K. lingularis (132679) K. lingularis, K. mulaensis (132668 132678) K. pentagonalis, K. zamdaensis (132693) K. pygmae (132692)
Early/Lower Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	India	K. acutiplicata (63230) K. acutiplicata, K. propinqua (63215) K. propinqua (63214 63220 63228)
Late/Upper Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	India (Gujarat)	K. jumaraensis, K. acutiplicata, K. propinqua, Terebratula katametopa, K. planiconvexa (93561)
Late/Upper Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	India (Kachchh)	Terebratula acutiplicata, Terebratula planiconvexa, Terebratula pyroidea (24050)
Late/Upper Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	United Kingdom (Wiltshire)	K. fulva (170999)
Middle Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	Madagascar (Toamasina)	Terebratula acutiplicata (234065)
Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	India	K. euryptycha, K. ingluviosa (68078) K. hypsogonia (61540 61880) K. ingluviosa (61524 61542) K. ingluviosa, K. hypsogonia (61873) K. ingluviosa, K. hypsogonia, K. aurata (62050) K. propinqua (63242 67393 67561 67564 67571) Terebratula breviplicata (61884 62053 62056 62058 62151 62153 67560) Terebratula breviplicata, K. dhosaensis, K. ingluviosa, K. hypsogonia, K. aurata (61886) Terebratula breviplicata, K. ingluviosa (62055)
Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Ethiopia	Terebratula ferrandii (93490 93492)
Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Saudi Arabia	K. sp. 1 (98765) K. sp. 2 (99080)
Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Tunisia	Terebratula breviplicata (36661)
Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	India (Kutch)	K. aurata (171130) K. jooraensis (170919) Lophrothyris euryptycha (171440)
Early/Lower Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	India	K. aurata (61793) K. ingluviosa (62155) K. jumarensis, K. aurata (61816) Terebratula breviplicata (68288)
Early/Lower Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Madagascar	Terebratula acutiplicata (98138 98161) Terebratula acutiplicata, Terebratula aurata (98129) Terebratula acutiplicata, Terebratula euryptycha (98155) Terebratula acutiplicata, Terebratula katametopa (98126) Terebratula acutiplicata, Terebratula planiconvexa (98119) Terebratula acutiplicata, Terebratula propinqua, Terebratula aurata (98096) Terebratula planiconvexa (98158)
Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	New Zealand	K. sp. (56273)
Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Madagascar	Terebratula bradfordensis (98160)
Late/Upper Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Israel	K. landeri (59840)
Late/Upper Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	India	K. euryptycha (63539 63541 67586 67602 67603) K. euryptycha, K. ingluviosa (63540) K. ingluviosa, K. hypsogonia (61876 61878) K. propinqua, K. hypsogonia (67626)
Middle Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Madagascar	K. hypsogonia (98135) Terebratula acutiplicata, Terebratula euryptycha, Terebratula breviplicata (98125) Terebratula aurata (98139) Terebratula dhosaensis (98127)
Callovian - Oxfordian	165.3 - 154.8	Somalia	Terebratula ferrandii (93020)
Callovian - Oxfordian	165.3 - 154.8	Eritrea	K. sp. (92925)
Callovian - Oxfordian	165.3 - 154.8	Ethiopia (Afar)	K. sp. (92924)
Callovian - Kimmeridgian	165.3 - 149.2	Tunisia	Terebratula breviplicata (99126)
Heterian	164.3 - 154.5	New Zealand	Terebratula acutiplicata (63828)
Heterian	164.3 - 154.5	New Zealand (Kawhia)	K. hendersoni (35731)
Early/Lower Oxfordian	161.5 - 154.8	India	K. euryptycha (63530 63531 63542 63544) K. euryptycha, K. ingluviosa (63532 63537) K. sp., K. euryptycha (63535)
Oxfordian	161.5 - 154.8	India	K. euryptycha (63529 63533) K. euryptycha, Terebratula breviplicata (63534)
Oxfordian	161.5 - 154.8	New Zealand	K. challinori (134103 134104 134110 134127 134135 182719 182757 182758 182759 182760) K. hendersoni (56231 133956 133958 133963 133971 134086 134087 134088 134089 134101 134102 134160 134162 182718 182728 182729 182730 182731 182732 182733 182734 182735 182736 182737 182738 182739 182740 182741)
Oxfordian	161.5 - 154.8	China (Xizang)	K. dengqenensis, K. lingularis (132636)
Valanginian	137.05 - 132.6	Morocco	K. brivesi (66590 66591)
Hauterivian	132.6 - 125.77	Morocco	K. kennedyi, K. brivesi (66589)
Barremian	125.77 - 121.4	Morocco	K. kennedyi (66577 66584)