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Zeilleria alpina

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Taxonomy
Waldheimia alpina was named by Geyer (1889).

It was recombined as Zeilleria alpina by Dulai (1992), Siblik (1993) and Vörös (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Waldheimia alpina Geyer p. 29 figs. Pl 3, figs 33-38
1992Zeilleria alpina Dulai p. 71 figs. Pl 5, fig 2; text-figs 29,30
1993Zeilleria alpina Siblik p. 975 figs. Pl 2, fig 10
2009Zeilleria alpina Vörös p. 186 figs. Pl 28, fig 7; text-figs 112,113

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyZeillerioideaAllan 1940
familyZeilleriidaeAllan 1940
subfamilyZeilleriinaeAllan 1940
genusZeilleriaBayle 1878
speciesalpina(Geyer 1889)

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.

†Zeilleria alpina Geyer 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height76.635.408.007.000.939

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:27:13
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:27:13
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Ibex or 201.30000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Austria Zeilleria alpina (29114)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Austria Zeilleria alpina (27225)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Austria Zeilleria alpina (38056)
Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.3 - 189.6Hungary Zeilleria alpina (160447)
Late/Upper Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.3 - 189.6Hungary Zeilleria alpina (29082 29086)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Austria Zeilleria alpina (23862 23863 23864 49758 49759 49762 49768 159486 159487)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Hungary Zeilleria alpina (34122)
Early/Lower Sinemurian - Hettangian196.5 - 199.3Hungary Zeilleria alpina (160434 160437 160439 160444 160445 160448)
Bucklandi196.5 - 189.6Hungary Zeilleria alpina (127003)
Raricostatum - Ibex196.5 - 183.0Hungary Zeilleria alpina (78689)
Ibex189.6 - 183.0Hungary Zeilleria alpina (108947 108949)