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Eohemithyris gettysburgensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae

Taxonomy
Eohemithyris gettysburgensis was named by Cooper (1959). Its type specimen is USNM 549382, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Station 69, 4.5 miles west of Gettysburg, which is in a Chattian marine siliciclastic in the Pysht Formation of Washington.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Eohemithyris gettysburgensis Cooper p. 33 figs. pl. 8, fig. b

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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
superfamilyPugnacoideaRzhonsnitskaia 1956
familyBasiliolidae
subfamilyBasiliolinae
genusEohemithyris()
speciesgettysburgensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height113.0

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: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) Eohemithyris gettysburgensis (type locality: 187471)