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Fletcherithyris parkesi

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

Taxonomy
Fletcherithyris parkesi was named by Campbell (1965) [University of New England (Australia)]. Its type specimen is UNE F6048, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Wyro Beach, Ulladulla, which is in a Roadian prodelta mudstone in the Wandrawandian Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Fletcherithyris parkesi Campbell p. 43 figs. Pl 8, figs 1-23; text-fig 16
1982Fletcherithyris parkesi Waterhouse p. 58 figs. Pl 15g
1987Fletcherithyris parkesi Clarke p. 284 figs. 20A-R

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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
superfamilyDielasmatoideaSchuchert 1913
familyDielasmatidaeSchuchert 1913
subfamilyDielasmatinaeSchuchert 1913
genusFletcherithyris
speciesparkesi

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.

†Fletcherithyris parkesi Campbell 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height710.27.4013.29.902.04

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:12
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:47:38
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 293.52000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Tasmania) Fletcherithyris parkesi (88660 97016)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (Tasmania) Fletcherithyris parkesi (95745)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (New South Wales) Fletcherithyris parkesi (98080 type locality: 101578 120243)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (Tasmania) Fletcherithyris parkesi (105423)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8New Zealand (Southland) Fletcherithyris parkesi (41781)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (Tasmania) Fletcherithyris parkesi (51312)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (New South Wales) Dielasma inversa (105160) Fletcherithyris parkesi (87197 95521 105155 133293 133294)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Australia (Tasmania) Fletcherithyris parkesi (105432 105434)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Australia (Queensland) Fletcherithyris parkesi (83199 105166)