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Ptilorhynchia pugnaciformis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Taxonomy
Ptilorhynchia pugnaciformis was named by MacFarlan et al. (2011). Its type specimen is IMC 2008, a shell (both valves, partly decorticated), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Ptilorhynchia pugnaciformis MacFarlan et al. pp. 154-156 figs. 3, 4

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyRhynchonelloidead'Orbigny 1847
familyRhynchonellidaeGray 1848
subfamilyPiarorhynchiinaeShi and Grant 1993
genusPtilorhynchia
speciespugnaciformis

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.

Ptilorhynchia pugnaciformis MacFarlan et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:25
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Valanginian or 143.10000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Indonesia Ptilorhynchia pugnaciformis (238347)
Berriasian - Valanginian143.1 - 132.6Indonesia Ptilorhynchia pugnaciformis (238348)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Indonesia Ptilorhynchia pugnaciformis (238350 238352)