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Sellithyris

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Sellithyris Middlemiss p. 113
2002Sellithyris Sepkoski
2006Sellithyris Williams et al. p. 2062

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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
superfamilyTerebratuloidea(Gray 1840)
familySellithyrididaeMuir - Wood 1965
subfamilySellithyridinaeMuir-Wood 1965
genusSellithyris

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. †Sellithyris Middlemiss 1959
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Sellithyris binalubensis Baeza-Carratalá et al. 2023
Sellithyris carteroniana d'Orbigny 1847
Sellithyris coxwellensis Middlemiss 1959
Sellithyris engeli Rollier 1918
Sellithyris essertensis Pictet 1872
Sellithyris phaseolina Valenciennes 1819
Sellithyris sella Sowerby 1823
Sellithyris solei Calzada 1975
Sellithyris tornacensis d'Archiac 1847
Sellithyris uniplicata Smirnova 1972
Sellithyris upwarensis Walker 1870
Sellithyris upwarnensis Walker 1870
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height219.918.221.719.92.45
shell height1489.772.4021.011.64.04

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:41:09
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:41:09
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Middle Callovian to the top of the Turonian or 165.30000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (100 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Terebratula engeli (13863)
Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Terebratula engeli (31077)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Terebratula engeli (13612 13677)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Terebratula engeli (13791 13871 13899 13900 13901 13904)
Late/Upper Callovian - Late/Upper Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Bulgaria S. engeli (106898)
Callovian - Kimmeridgian165.3 - 149.2Tunisia Terebratula engeli (99124)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Tunisia Terebratula engeli (13953)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Ethiopia Plectoidothyris engeli (94572)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Eritrea Plectoidothyris engeli (94567 94568 94577)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland S. engeli (38692)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Switzerland S. suprajurensis (58317)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Switzerland (Jura) S. sp. (180789)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Switzerland (Solothurn) S. suprajurensis (157236)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05France S. middlemissi (55742)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Ukraine S. gratianopolitensis, S. uniplicata (163829)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Algeria S. sella (64322 64329 64362 64364)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Mexico S. coahuilensis (63988)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland Terebratula carteroniana (2224)
Valanginian - Early/Lower Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77Germany S. sella, S. carteroniana (55521)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Italy S. deningeri (12774)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Germany S. sella (55522 55525) S. sella, S. carteroniana (55523)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Switzerland Terebratula sella (2200 2256)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France Terebratula sella (2209)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Germany S. sella, S. carteroniana (55524)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Ukraine S. sp. (67457)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Turkmenistan S. sp. (47025)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Romania Terebratula sella (221641)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Spain (Valenciana) S. daphne, S. solei, S. sella (45154)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) S. sella (235315)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Kazakhstan S. urwarensis, S. sella (64638)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Algeria Terebratula sella (40786)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Portugal Terebratula sella (73543 73556 73564)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) S. coxwellensis (1856) S. sella (1744 1751 1756 1769 1775 1776 1836 1841) S. sp. (1760) S. upwarensis (1857)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2United Kingdom S. coxwellensis (65785 165347 165699) S. sella (65783 65787 165344 165346) S. sella, S. coxwellensis (65788) S. upwarensis (65775 65779)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Egypt Terebratula sella (171270)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Tunisia Terebratula sella (87798)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Switzerland S. sella, S. essertensis (153715)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Spain (Castellon) S. coxwellensis (3722) S. viai (3724)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar Terebratula sella (98244 98268)
Albian113.2 - 100.5China (Xizang) S. mayuensis (132639)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Hungary S. sella (164725)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Romania S. upwarensis (60486)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain S. binalubensis (230570 230572 230573)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian100.5 - 100.5Spain S. sella (3832)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France S. tornacensis (153958)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain S. binalubensis (230574 230575 230576 230577 230578 230579 230581 230582 230583)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Belgium S. tornacensis (153957)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Terebratula phaseolina (59811)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8France S. phaseolina (153959 153960 153961 153962)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Poland Terebratula phaseolina (241883)