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Tauromenia

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Taxonomy
Tauromenia is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Tauromenia Sepkoski
2006Tauromenia Williams et al. p. 2182

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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
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyZeillerioideaAllan 1940
familyZeilleriidaeAllan 1940
subfamilyVectellinae
genusTauromenia

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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Tauromenia polymorpha Seguenza 1855
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Jamesoni or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Raricostatum - Jamesoni199.5 - 184.2Algeria T. itoensis, T. polymorpha, T. brevicostata (98475) T. polymorpha, T. brevicostata (159129 159130)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2France T. polymorpha (140729)