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Costirhynchopsis mentzeli

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae

Taxonomy
Terebratula mentzelii was named by von Buch (1843). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Friedrichshütte, Tarnowitz, which is in a Pelsonian marine carbonate in the Karchowice Formation of Poland.

It was recombined as Rhynchonella mentzelii by Bittner (1890); it was recombined as Rhynchonella mentzeli by Siblik (1971); it was recombined as Costirhynchia mentzeli by Dagys (1974); it was recombined as Costirhynchopsis mentzeli by Pálfy (1988) and Palfy (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Terebratula mentzelii von Buch p. 255 figs. Pl 2, fig 1
1890Rhynchonella mentzelii Bittner p. 12 figs. Pl 32, figs 14-16
1971Rhynchonella mentzeli Siblik
1974Costirhynchia mentzeli Dagys p. 106
1988Costirhynchopsis mentzeli Pálfy p. 33 figs. Pl 2, fig 1; text-fig 7
2003Costirhynchopsis mentzeli Palfy p. 140

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyHemithiridoideaRzhonsnitskaya 1956
familyCyclothyrididae()
subfamilyCyclothyridinae(Makridin 1955)
genusCostirhynchopsisDagis 1977
speciesmentzeli()

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.

†Costirhynchopsis mentzeli von Buch 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height54.813.906.504.601.07

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:25
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Veszprem) Costirhynchopsis mentzeli (44288 44292)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Bosnia and Herzegovina Rhynchonella mentzeli (206722) Rhynchonella mentzelii (206725 206730)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Bosnia and Herzegovina Rhynchonella mentzelii (206612)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Poland Rhynchonella mentzelii (136176) Terebratula mentzelii (type locality: 117418)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Hungary Costirhynchopsis mentzeli (40616 40630 40631 40633 40634 40636 40637 40639 40640 40641 40642 40643 40644) Rhynchonella mentzelii (128187)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Slovakia Rhynchonella mentzeli (23861)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Serbia and Montenegro Rhynchonella mentzelii (203795)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Bosnia and Herzegovina Rhynchonella mentzelii (203799 203800 203815)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Bosnia and Herzegovina Rhynchonella mentzelii (203840 203841)