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Epacrothyris sufflata

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae

Taxonomy
Waldheimia sufflata was named by Tate (1880).

It was recombined as Epacrothyris sufflata by Hiller and MacKinnon (2000); it was recombined as Stethothyris sufflata by Craig (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Waldheimia sufflata Tate pp. 157-8 figs. Pl. 7, Fig. 3, Pl. 8, Fig. 4
2000Epacrothyris sufflata Hiller and MacKinnon p. 69 fig. 8
2001Stethothyris sufflata Craig p. 221 figs. 12d-f

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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
superfamilyTerebratelloideaKing 1850
familyTerebratellidaeKing 1850
subfamilyStethothyridinae
genusEpacrothyris
speciessufflata(Tate 1880)

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.

Epacrothyris sufflata Tate 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height131.0

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubf
Diet: suspension feedersubf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:23:54
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:23:54
Source: subf = subfamily, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 37.71000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) Victorithyris sufflata (70629 70630)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) Stethothyris sufflata (152430 152431 152516)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) Epacrothyris sufflata (206902)