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Orbithele

Lingulata - Lingulida - Acrothelidae

Taxonomy
Orbithele was named by Sdzuy (1955).

It was assigned to Acrothelinae by Puura and Holmer (1993) and Williams et al. (2000); and to Acrotretida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
O. undulosa
Species lacking formal opinion data
O. courtessolei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Orbithele Sdzuy
1993Orbithele Puura and Holmer
2000Orbithele Williams et al. p. 92
2002Orbithele Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyAcrotheloidea
familyAcrothelidaeSchuchert 1893
subfamilyAcrothelinaeWalcott and Schuchert 1908
genusOrbitheleSdzuy 1955

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.

G. †Orbithele Sdzuy 1955
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†Orbithele undulosa Barrande 1879
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2000).g
Created: 2009-06-04 15:26:47
Modified: 2009-06-04 17:26:47
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Menevian to the top of the Tremadoc or 504.50000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arcadian509.0 - 498.4Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) O. sp. (10768)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Greenland (Peary Land) O. sp. (49452 49488)
Mindyallan - Idamean499.0 - 494.0Australia (Victoria) O. sp. (64043)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4France O. courtessolei (56191)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Poland O. ceratopygarum (66196)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Czech Republic O. discontinua (192830) O. maior (3837) O. sp. (3782)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Norway O. sp. (3106)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Iran O. sp. (116238)
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Sweden (Dalarna) O. sp. (191676)
Hunneberg481.1 - 474.8Sweden (Dalarna) O. sp. (191677)
Klabava478.6 - 466.0Czech Republic Orbiculoidea sodalis (3838)