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Pleurothyrella

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Meganterididae

Taxonomy
Pleurothyrella is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Pleurothyrella Sepkoski
2006Pleurothyrella Williams et al. p. 2012

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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
superfamilyStringocephaloideaKing 1850
familyMeganterididaeSchuchert and LeVene 1929
subfamilyMutationellinaeCloud 1942
genusPleurothyrella

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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Pleurothyrella knodi Clarke 1913
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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Early/Lower Emsian or 410.80000 to 402.50000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Bolivia (La Paz) P. sp. (37053)
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Antarctica P. antarctica (35559 35560 35561 35564 35565)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian410.8 - 402.5Argentina P. knodi (25560)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3New Zealand (North Westland) P. venusta (3672)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Guinea-Bissau P. knodi (209301)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3New Zealand P. sp. (40527) P. venusta (40520 40524)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3South Africa P. africana, P. sp. (a) (35578) P. sp. (35604)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Bolivia (Cochabamba) P. knodi (36076)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Bolivia P. knodi (36131)