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Aulacothyris waikatoensis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Taxonomy
Aulacothyris waikatoensis was named by MacFarlan (2016). Its type specimen is AU B445, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AU 15913, Opuatia Cliff (R13/f6613), which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Aulacothyris waikatoensis MacFarlan p. 491 figs. 17.23-17.26

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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
subfamilyAulacothyrinae(Babanova 1964)
genusAulacothyrisDouville 1880
specieswaikatoensis

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.

Aulacothyris waikatoensis MacFarlan 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height210.78.8013.010.92.97

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

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Oxfordian or 168.30000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1New Zealand Aulacothyris waikatoensis (133871 133873 type locality: 182792)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3New Zealand Aulacothyris waikatoensis (134101)