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Plesiothyris

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Taxonomy

Plesiothyris was named by Douville (1879) [Sepkoski's age data: J l J Plie-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1,538].

It was assigned to Terebratulida by Sepkoski (2002); to Zeilleriinae by Williams et al. (2006); and to Aulacothyrinae by Baeza-Carratalá and García Joral (2014).

Species

P. verneuili

Synonyms

Rhomboidella was named by Sučić-Protić (1985) [Sepkoski's age data: J Plie Sepkoski's reference number: 881].

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

It was assigned to Zeilleriidae by Sučić-Protić (1985); and to Terebratulida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1879	Plesiothyris Douville p. 275
1985	Rhomboidella Sučić-Protić p. 30
2002	Plesiothyris Sepkoski
2002	Rhomboidella Sepkoski
2006	Plesiothyris Williams et al. p. 2171
2014	Plesiothyris Baeza-Carratalá and García Joral p. 658

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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	Terebratellidina	Muir-Wood 1955
superfamily	Zeillerioidea	Allan 1940
family	Zeilleriidae	Allan 1940
subfamily	Aulacothyrinae	(Babanova 1964)
genus	Plesiothyris	Douville 1879

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. †Plesiothyris Douville 1879

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†Plesiothyris verneuili Deslongchamps 1863

Invalid names: Rhomboidella Sučić-Protić 1985 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	3	16.6	14.4	20.3	15.6	3.12

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesp

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2018-11-10 17:27:13

Modified:

2018-11-10 17:27:13

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

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

Age range: Margaritatus or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Davoei	192.9 - 184.2	Spain (Aragon)	P. verneuili (146728 146735 146736)
Ibex	192.9 - 184.2	France	P. verneuili (160197)
Margaritatus	192.9 - 184.2	Spain (Aragon)	P. verneuili (98415 146738 146744 146749 146750)
Margaritatus	192.9 - 184.2	Spain	P. verneuili (161041)
Spinatum	192.9 - 184.2	Spain	P. verneuili (160227)