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Gryphus kurotakiensis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

Taxonomy
Gryphus kurotakiensis was named by Hatai (1948). Its type specimen is IGPS 28276, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kurotaki, Oriki-Zawa, Kameyama-Mura, which is in a Gelasian marine siliciclastic in the Kurotaki Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Gryphus kurotakiensis Hatai p. 495 figs. Pl 78, figs 12,13,18

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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
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyTerebratuloidea(Gray 1840)
familyTerebratulidaeGray 1840
subfamilyGryphinaeSahni 1929
genusGryphusMegerle von Mühlfeld 1811
specieskurotakiensis

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.

Gryphus kurotakiensis Hatai 1948
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height17.50

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:44:14
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:44:14
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Gelasian or 2.58000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Japan Gryphus kurotakiensis (type locality: 233102)