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Elythyna

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythynidae

Taxonomy
Elythyna was named by Rzhonsnitskaya.

It was assigned to Reticulariidae by Johnson (1975); to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Elythynidae by Williams et al. (2006).

Species lacking formal opinion data
E. kingi, E. salairica, E. sverdrupi, E. transversi, E. uralica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Elythyna Johnson p. 973
2002Elythina Sepkoski
2006Elythyna Williams et al. p. 1747

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyMartinioidea
familyElythynidaeGourvennec 1994
genusElythynaRzhonsnitskaya

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.

G. †Elythyna Rzhonsnitskaya
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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 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 410.62000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian413.02 - 399.5Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) E. uralica (81790)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Australia (Queensland) Elythina sp. (39874 39877)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47USA (Nevada) E. sp. A (164734)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47USA (Nevada) E. sp. (90939)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Russian Federation E. salairica (35717 35720)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Canada (Nunavut) E. kingi (26625) E. transversi (26623)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Nunavut) E. sverdrupi (41761 65962 65964 65966 65968 65969)