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Terrakea rylstonensis

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Taxonomy
Terrakea rylstonensis was named by Briggs (1998). Its type specimen is AM F45480, a valve (Ventral valve), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Rylstone, which is in a Roadian coastal mudstone in the Snapper Point Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Terrakea rylstonensis Briggs p. 168 figs. 83A-H

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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
suborderProductidina
superfamilyLinoproductoidea
familyLinoproductidae
subfamilyPaucispinauriinae
genusTerrakeaBooker 1929
speciesrylstonensis

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.

Terrakea rylstonensis Briggs 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Roadian or 290.10000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3New Zealand (Southland) Terrakea sp. (41787)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Australia (New South Wales) Terrakea rylstonensis (type locality: 98080 103571 103572 103573 103661 103838)