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Spinulitheca billingsi

Orthothecimorpha - Circothecida

Taxonomy
Hyolithellus billingsi was named by Syssoiev (1962). Its type specimen is YaFAN 32/12 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Spinulitheca.

It was recombined as Coleolella billingsi by Rozanov et al. (1969); it was recombined as Spinulitheca billingsi by Syssoiev (1968) and Brasier (1984).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Hyolithellus acquintervallum Syssoiev pp. 54-55
1962Hyolithellus billingsi Syssoiev pp. 56-57
1968Spinulitheca billingsi Syssoiev p. 24
1969Coleolella billingsi Rozanov et al. pp. 179-180 figs. pl. 7 f. 9, 18; pl. 15 f. 1, 5
1984Spinulitheca billingsi Brasier p. 246 fig. 3q

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Lophophorata
phylumHyolitha
classOrthothecimorpha
orderCircothecidaSysoev 1968
genusSpinulithecaSysoyev 1968
speciesbillingsi()

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.

†Spinulitheca billingsi Syssoiev 1962
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Invalid names: Hyolithellus acquintervallum Syssoiev 1962 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitep
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-12 00:20:02
Modified: 2010-02-12 02:20:02
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Meishucunian to the top of the Branchian or 530.70000 to 509.00000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5China (Yunnan) Spinulitheca billingsi (106506)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5China (Shaanxi) Spinulitheca billingsi (86619)
Nemakit-Daldynian - Tommotian538.8 - 521.0Russian Federation (Sakha) Spinulitheca billingsi (99229)
Nemakit-Daldynian - Tommotian538.8 - 521.0China (Hubei) Spinulitheca billingsi (155462)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4China (Yunnan) Hyolithellus billingsi (201567)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Hubei) Spinulitheca billingsi (106524)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Coleolella billingsi, Spinulitheca billingsi (50319)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) Coleolella billingsi (45847 45849 45850 45851 45856 96245)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) Spinulitheca billingsi (80840)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Khabarovsk Krai) Coleolella billingsi, Spinulitheca billingsi (50314)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Coleolella billingsi (80796 80804 80809 80812 96226 96251 96394) Spinulitheca billingsi (90088)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation Spinulitheca billingsi (90089)
Branchian517.1 - 509.0United Kingdom (England) Coleolella billingsi (79931 79939)