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Cyrtothyris cantabridgiensis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Taxonomy
Terebratula depressa cantabridgiensis was named by Walker (1870). Its type specimen is BMNH 67844 (Walker coll.) and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cyrtothyris cantabridgiensis by Middlemiss (1959).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Terebratula depressa cantabridgiensis Walker p. 561;563 figs. 3-5 (563)
1959Cyrtothyris cantabridgiensis Middlemiss p. 129 figs. Pl. 17, Fig. 4-5; Text Fig. 12, 16

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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
subfamilyRectithyridinaeMuir-Wood 1965
genusCyrtothyris
speciescantabridgiensis(Walker 1870)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height125.0

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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Aptian or 121.40000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Kazakhstan Cyrtothyris cantabridgiensis (64638)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2United Kingdom Cyrtothyris cantabridgiensis (65775 65779 65789 165354 165355)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) Cyrtothyris cantabridgiensis (1838 1841 1854 1857)