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Argyrotheca piperipyxis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae

Taxonomy
Argyrotheca piperipyxis was named by Elliott (1954). Its type specimen is BMNH BB.13002, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barton, Chama-bed horizon H (D. Curry collection), which is in a Bartonian marine claystone in the Barton Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

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
1954Argyrotheca piperipyxis Elliott p. 725 figs. Pl 15, fig 1

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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
speciespiperipyxis

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 piperipyxis Elliott 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (Hampshire) Argyrotheca piperipyxis (type locality: 190870)