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Plectorthis

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Plectorthis Hall and Clarke
1905Orthis (Plectorthis) Walcott p. 257
1917Orthis (Plectorthis) Reed p. 800
1933Plectorthis Phleger, Jr. p. 9
1964Plectorthis Wright
1977Plectorthis Mitchell
1982Plectorthis Owen and Harper
2000Plectorthis Williams et al. p. 757
2002Plectorthis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderOrthidinaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamilyPlectorthoideaSchuchert and Le Vene 1929
familyPlectorthidaeSchuchert and Le Vene 1929
genusPlectorthisHall and Clarke 1892

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.

G. †Plectorthis Hall and Clarke 1892
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†Orthis (Plectorthis) retroflexa de Verneuil 1830
†Plectorthis altaicus Severgina 1967
†Plectorthis australis Cooper 1956
†Plectorthis burultasica Popov et al. 2002
†Plectorthis cliefdenensis Percival 1991
†Plectorthis exfoliata Raymond 1905
†Plectorthis licta Popov and Cocks 2006
†Plectorthis magna Cooper and Kindle 1936
†Plectorthis mazourkaensis Phleger, Jr. 1933
†Plectorthis obesa Cooper 1956
†Plectorthis patula Phleger, Jr. 1933
†Plectorthis ponderosa Cooper 1956
†Plectorthis punctata Cooper 1956
†Plectorthis scotica McCoy 1852
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-02 13:53:03
Modified: 2009-06-02 15:53:03
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Rhuddanian or 478.60000 to 440.80000 Ma

Collections (194 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7France (Montagne Noire) P. sp. (20832 76572)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (LiaoNing) P. sp. (20756)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Morocco P. simplex (56600)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Tennessee) P. sp. (319)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (New York) P. sp. (333)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (California) Orthambonites mazourkensis (196135) Orthambonites mazourkensis, Orthambonites patulus (425 196132 226919 226920 226921) Orthambonites patulus (196134)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Minnesota) P. sp. (10754)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) P. exfoliata (171706 172187)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) P. sp. (104532)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (California) Orthambonites mazourkensis (104320) Orthambonites mazourkensis, Orthambonites patulus (104319) Orthis mazourkensis, Orthis patula (205397) Orthis patula (119483) P. mazourkaensis, P. patula (119484) P. mazourkaensis, P. patulus (205650)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Oklahoma) P. punctata (165236)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Nunavut) P. sp. (101977)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4USA (Virginia) P. sp. (33444 33445 33446 33447 33448)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4USA (Virginia) P. transversa (186614)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Canada (Newfoundland) P. sp. (185947 185948)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4United Kingdom (Scotland) P. australis (164937)
Costonian458.4 - 457.2United Kingdom (Scotland) P. sp. (76076)
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (2708)
Harnagian458.4 - 457.2United Kingdom (Shropshire) P. sp. (45323)
Soudleyan458.4 - 457.2United Kingdom (Shropshire) P. whitteryensis (46886 46892 46893)
Costonian - Longvillian458.4 - 455.0Venezuela (Merida Andes) P. sp. (8858)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0Norway (Oslo) P. sp. (2762)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Russian Federation (Siberia) P. altaicus (206162)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Kazakhstan P. burultasica (80181 80210 80222 80253 80261 80268 80269 80281)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Georgia) P. fissicosta (32531 32534) P. fissicosta, P. plicatella (32547 32552 32553 32554 32557 32558)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) P. sp. (336)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5China (GuangXi) P. sp. (4671)
Gisbornian - Eastonian458.4 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (2721)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Kentucky) P. aequivalvis (77726) P. aequivalvis, P. fissicosta (76247) P. fissicosta, P. plicatella (77635 77721) P. plicatella (78110)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Canada (Nunavut) P. sp. (101981)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Indiana) P. plicatella (77896)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Ohio) P. aequivalvis (77898) P. fissicosta (77557 77963) P. jamesi (77508) P. neglecta (77832 78111)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.4 - 443.7Russian Federation (Taimyr) P. sp. (37637)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Nevada) P. obesa (104489 104494) P. sp. (321)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) P. exfoliata (33938 33980 33981 33982 33983 33984)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Pennsylvania) P. sp. 1 (162391)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) P. symmetrica (23895)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) P. scotica (89157)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) P. plicatella (23799 23800 23801 23802)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) P. plicatella (23278)
Longvillian - Marshbrookian457.2 - 454.0China (YunNan) P. sp. (7744)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) P. sp. (192745)
Marshbrookian - Actonian455.0 - 453.0Norway (Hadeland) P. sp. (166942 167370)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Virginia) P. ponderosa (105205)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Nunvait) P. inaequiconvexa (192779)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) P. ottawaensis, P. plicatella (26263) P. pulchella (26271) P. pulchella, P. plicatella (26269) P. sp., P. ottawaensis (26273)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) P. inaequiconvexa (24116)
Chatfieldian - Maysvillian453.8 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (188774)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Kazakhstan P. licta (204072 204073 204074 204076 204091 204092)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) P. tensis (205628)
Eastonian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) P. cliefdenensis (2702 2725 64562 166837) P. sp. (2701)
Cheneyan452.5 - 451.3United Kingdom (Scotland) P. scotica (164412)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Virginia) P. sp. (5397)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Kentucky) P. sp. (73007 73010)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Pennsylvania) P. plicatella (34895)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) P. plicatella (77766) P. sp. (386)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Nunavut) P. inaequiconvexa (24120)
Edenian - Gamachian451.0 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) P. magna (37793)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) P. sp. (350 387 388 72887 72890 72892 72894 72895 72898 72899 72906 72908 72909)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) P. fissicosta, P. plicatella (73076) P. plicatella (73070 73071 73074 73075) P. sp. (72652 72653 72656 72664 72665 72666 72668 72669 72769 72770 72775 72776 72777 72778 72779 72780 72781 72783 72784 72785 72786 72787 72791 73072)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Virginia) P. sp. (5396)
Maysvillian - Ashgill450.2 - 443.7USA (Ohio) P. sp. (390)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) P. n. sp cf. plicatella laurentia (188772)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) P. sp. (400)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.7USA (Ohio) P. sp. (392)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Norway (Trondheim) P. sp. (55718 55724 55732)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) P. magna (11555 11556 11557 11690 11706) P. sp. (54135)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Russian Federation (Taimyr) P. sp. (37638)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (ZheJiang) P. sp. (7803)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Jiangxi) P. tanshiensis (186236 186270 186271 186276)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8United Kingdom P. sp. (163263)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Ireland (Leinster) P. sp., P. perditosulcata (89130)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4United Kingdom (Wales) P. sp. (8383 8387)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4China (ZheJiang) P. sp. (7775)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8China (ZheJiang) P. sp. (151946)