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Eothele napuru

Lingulata - Lingulida - Acrothelidae

Taxonomy
Eothele napuru was named by Kruse (1990). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Horizon7, Drillhole 83/3, Daly Basin, Tindall Limestone, which is in a Cambrian open shallow subtidal limestone/packstone in the Tindall Limestone Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Eothele napuru Kruse
1993Eothele napuru Brock and Cooper p. 782

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyAcrotheloidea
familyAcrothelidaeSchuchert 1893
genusEotheleRowell 1980
speciesnapuruKruse 1990

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.

Eothele napuru Kruse 1990
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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 15:27:46
Modified: 2009-06-04 17:27:46
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Toyonian to the top of the Middle Cambrian or 512.90000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toyonian512.9 - 510.2Australia (South Australia) Eothele napuru (64460 64461 64462)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Australia (Northern Territory) Eothele napuru (59991 59994 59998 59999 60000 60014 type locality: 60015 60016 60019 60026 60028 60034 60045 60046 60074)