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Tritoechia florentinensis

Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae

Taxonomy
Tritoechia florentinensis was named by Laurie (1980). Its type specimen is UTGD 97410 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gap Creek Section. ~51 meters, which is in a Bendigonian marine siltstone in the Florentine Valley Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Tritoechia florentinensis Laurie pp. 21 - 22 figs. 6D-L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderBillingsellida
suborderClitambonitidinaOpik 1934
superfamilyPolytoechioideaOpik 1934
familyPolytoechiidaeOpik 1934
genusTritoechia
speciesflorentinensis

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
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-02 13:53:57
Modified: 2009-06-06 14:19:29
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Bendigonian or 474.90000 to 473.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1Australia (Tasmania) Tritoechia florentinensis (type locality: 186103)