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Sinaithyris circularis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae

Taxonomy
Cooperithyris circularis was named by Feldman et al. (2012). Its type specimen is RGF VR 74/26 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gebel El-Maghara breached anticline, which is in a Bathonian platform/shelf-margin reef wackestone/packstone in the Dhruma Formation of Egypt.

It was recombined as Sinaithyris circularis by Feldman et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Cooperithyris circularis Feldman et al. p. 249 figs. 10-11
2014Sinaithyris circularis Feldman et al. p. 1094

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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
superfamilyLoboidothyridoideaMakridin 1964
familyLoboidothyrididae
subfamilyLoboidothyridinae()
genusSinaithyris
speciescircularis()

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.

Sinaithyris circularis Feldman et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height415.912.219.516.63.71

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:51:39
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:51:39
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Egypt Cooperithyris circularis (type locality: 157595)