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Phragmothyris rotunda

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae

Taxonomy
Phragmothyris rotunda was named by Cooper (1955). Its type specimen is USNM 561508a and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is San Diego los Banos Road, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Cuba.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Phragmothyris rotunda Cooper p. 68 figs. Pl. 15, E, Fig. 24-32

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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
superfamilyMegathyridoideaDall 1870
familyMegathyrididaeDall 1870
genusPhragmothyris
speciesrotunda

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.

†Phragmothyris rotunda Cooper 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height29.308.0010.89.401.98

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:30:31
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:30:31
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Cuba Phragmothyris rotunda (166611 type locality: 170022)