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Tritoechia karmbergensis

Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae

Taxonomy
Tritoechia karmbergensis was named by Laurie (1980). Its type specimen is UTGD 97434 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Intersection of Nine Road and Florentine Road;, which is in a Castlemainian carbonate limestone in the Karmberg Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Tritoechia karmbergensis Laurie pp. 22 - 23 figs. 7H-N

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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
specieskarmbergensis

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.

Tritoechia karmbergensis Laurie 1980
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Castlemainian or 471.30000 to 470.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Castlemainian471.3 - 470.3Australia (Tasmania) Tritoechia karmbergensis (type locality: 186106)