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Anazyga recurvirostra

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae

Taxonomy
Atrypa recurvirostris was named by Hall (1847). Its type specimen is AMNH 70S.3 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Zygospira recurvirostra by Whiteaves (1897); it was recombined as Zygospira recurvirostris by Cooper (1956); it was recombined as Anazyga recurvirostra by Copper (1977); it was recombined as Anazyga recurvirostris by Titus (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. bellicostata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Atrypa recurvirostris Hall p. 140 figs. pl. 33 f. 5
1897Zygospira recurvirostra Whiteaves p. 180
1956Zygospira recurvirostris Cooper p. 673 figs. Plate 142, H, figures 34-38
1977Anazyga recurvirostra Copper pp. 306 - 307 figs. Pl. 37, figs. 11-15: text.figs. 5-6
2007Anazyga recurvirostris Titus

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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
orderAtrypidaRzhonsnitskaya 1960
suborderAnazygidinaCopper 1996
superfamilyAnazygoideaDavidson 1883
familyAnazygidaeDavidson 1883
subfamilyAnazyginaeDavidson 1883
genusAnazygaDavidson 1882
speciesrecurvirostra()

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.

†Anazyga recurvirostra Hall 1847
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-03 09:09:53
Modified: 2009-06-03 11:09:53
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009, Meyer et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Richmondian or 457.30000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (132 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) Zygospira recurvirostris (26274 26275 26276)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Virginia) Zygospira recurvirostris (34277 34279 34281 34324 34326 34327 34328)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Georgia) Zygospira recurvirostris (32456 32457 32458 32547 32552 32553 32554 32557 32558 32559 32560 32561 32562 32563 32570 32571 32631 32632 32633 32634 32635 32653 32656 32657 32658 32660 32779 32783 32787 32791 32798 32823 32824 32825 32826 32832 32872 32873 32874 32875 32879 32880 32881 32882 33065 33182 33186 33188)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1USA (Maryland) Zygospira recurvirostra (407)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Missouri) Zygospira recurvirostra (175724)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) Zygospira recurvirostris (26174 26175 26188 26191)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Quebec) Zygospira recurvirostris (174157)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Tennessee) Zygospira recurvirostris (5347)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (New York) Anazyga recurvirostris (104577 104581 104585 104586 104587 104588 104591 104593 104594 104603 104605 104606 104618 104622 104623 104624 104625 104627)
Franklinian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2USA (Tennessee) Zygospira recurvirostris (5371)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Zygospira recurvirostris (23797 23798)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Zygospira recurvirostris (26192)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Zygospira recurvirostris (219962)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Zygospira recurvirostris (5346)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Zygospira recurvirostris (23796)
Rocklandian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Zygospira recurvirostris (23277 23290)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Zygospira recurvirostris (23092 23278 23279)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Zygospira recurvirostris (23799 23800 23801 23803 23804 23805 23806)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Zygospira recurvirostris (5350 5357 5358 5360 5368 5369)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Zygospira recurvirostris (26263 26267 26268 26269 26270 26271 26273 26277)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) Zygospira recurvirostris (34563)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Zygospira recurvirostris (23807)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Zygospira recurvirostris (26293 26294)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) Zygospira recurvirostra (174050)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Michigan) Zygospira recurvirostris (26312 26313 26316)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) Zygospira recurvirostris (173860 173873 173875 174027 174028)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Idaho) Zygospira recurvirostris (183358)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Tennessee) Zygospira recurvirostris (5393)