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Argyrotheca popielae

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae

Taxonomy
Argyrotheca popielae was named by Simon (1992). Its type specimen is IRScNB-IST 10512, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample 4, Van Damme quarry, Ciply, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in the Ciply-Malogne Phosphatic Chalk Formation of Belgium.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. berryi, A. bronii, A. chira, A. danica, A. faujasi, A. megatremoides, A. neapolitana, A. powersi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Argyrotheca popielae Simon p. 126 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-13; pl 3, figs 5-8
1998Argyrotheca popielae Simon p. 206 figs. 5, 6, 8

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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
genusArgyrothecaDall 1900
speciespopielae

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.

†Argyrotheca popielae Simon 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height10.500

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: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium Argyrotheca popielae (type locality: 170050 170051 170052 170053 170054 170055 170056 170057 170058 170059 170060 170062 170063 170064 170065 170066 170067 170068 170069 170071 170075 170082 170083 170084)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium Argyrotheca popielae (170085)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium Argyrotheca popielae (170112)