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Schmidtites celatus

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Taxonomy
Schmidtia celata was named by Volborth (1869). It is the type species of Schmidtites, Schmidtia.

It was recombined as Schmidtites celatus by Schuchert and Le Vene (1929) and Puura and Holmer (1993).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. crassus, S. simplex

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Schmidtia celata Volborth
1929Schmidtites celatus Schuchert and Le Vene
1993Schmidtites celatus Puura and Holmer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyLinguloideaMenke 1828
familyObolidaeKing 1846
subfamilyObolinaeKing 1846
genusSchmidtites
speciescelatus(Volborth 1869)

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.

†Schmidtites celatus Volborth 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-04 15:45:44
Modified: 2009-06-04 17:45:44
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Aksaian to the top of the Varangu or 492.80000 to 484.50000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Sweden (Uppland) Schmidtites celatus (191678)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Estonia Schmidtites celatus (191668)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Estonia (Harju) Schmidtites celatus (191181 196574 196585)
Furongian - Pakerort497.0 - 484.5Estonia (Tallinn) Schmidtites celatus (196594 196601)
Furongian - Pakerort497.0 - 484.5Estonia (Ida-Virumaa) Schmidtites celatus (196606)
Furongian - Pakerort497.0 - 484.5Estonia (Lääne-Viru) Schmidtites celatus (196605)
Furongian - Pakerort497.0 - 484.5Estonia Schmidtites celatus (196595 196607)
Furongian - Pakerort497.0 - 484.5Estonia (Harjumaa) Schmidtites celatus (196602)
Furongian - Pakerort497.0 - 484.5Estonia (Harju) Schmidtites celatus (196593 196603 196604 196608)
Aksaian - Batyrbaian492.8 - 485.4Russian Federation (Leningrad Oblast) Schmidtites celatus (235437)
Pakerort485.4 - 484.5Estonia (Harju) Schmidtites celatus (191667)
Pakerort485.4 - 484.5Estonia Schmidtites celatus (191669)
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Sweden (Västerbotten) Schmidtites celatus (191674 191675)
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Sweden (Uppland) Schmidtites celatus (191680)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Estonia (Harju) Schmidtites celatus (191186)