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Dailyatia ajax

Tommotiida - Kennardiidae

Taxonomy

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Dailyatia ajax Bischoff
1986Dailyatia ajax Laurie p. 445 figs. 6A-I, 7A, C, D, F
2001Dailyatia ajax Gravestock et al. p. 114 figs. Pl. VIII, figs. 4-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
orderTommotiida()
familyKennardiidae
genusDailyatia
speciesajax

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.

Dailyatia ajax Bischoff 1976
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. R. Laurie 1986Sclerites high, subpyramidal to conical with prominent apices and radial plicae. Concentric ornament is of evenly and closely spaced, carinate ribs about 0.04 to 0.05 mm from crest to crest, triangular in section with a very fine, delicate, concentrically attenuated, reticulate micro- ornament with the diameter of each pit being about twice as much concentrically as radially. Concentric diameter of pits is usually between 0.01 and 0.02 mm. Intervening ridges are extremely fine.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticc
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-21 20:24:20
Modified: 2009-09-21 22:24:20
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Toyonian or 521.00000 to 510.20000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Australia (South Australia) Dailyatia ajax (96454 96918 96920 96931 96960 96966)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.9Antarctica (South Shetland Islands) Dailyatia ajax (49691)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.9Australia (Northern Territory) Dailyatia ajax (80920 80921)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Australia (South Australia) Dailyatia ajax (96913 96916 96917 96932 96957 96958 96959 96963 96964 96965 97719)
Toyonian512.9 - 510.2Australia (South Australia) Dailyatia ajax (97986)