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Ornithella digonoides

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Taxonomy
Ornithella digonoides was named by Buckman (1913). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wootton, which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in the Blisworth Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Ornithella digonoides Buckman p. 10

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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
genusOrnithella
speciesdigonoidesBuckman 1913

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.

Ornithella digonoides Buckman 1913
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height114.7

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: base of the Middle Bathonian to the top of the Bathonian or 167.70000 to 166.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (Northamptonshire) Ornithella digonoides (type locality: 171333)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France Ornithella digonoides (12014)