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Litocothia cateora

Strophomenata - Productida - Permianellidae

Taxonomy
Litocothia cateora was named by Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 212579, a valve (Ventral valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM9271, Block 9, Ko Muk Island northeast, which is in a Roadian offshore shelf limestone in the Rat Buri Formation of Thailand. It is the type species of Litocothia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Litocothia cateora Grant pp. 166-167 figs. Pl 30, figs 19-23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderLyttoniidina
superfamilyPermianelloideaHe and Zhu 1979
familyPermianellidaeHe and Zhu 1979
subfamilyLoczyellinae
genusLitocothia
speciescateora

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.

Litocothia cateora Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:09
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:09
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000

Age range: Roadian or 272.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Thailand (Trang) Litocothia cateora (type locality: 40878)