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Sowerbyites

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Syndielasmatidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Sowerbyites Teichert
1977Sowerbyites Mitchell
2000Sowerbyites Williams et al. p. 319
2001Sowerbyites Percival et al.
2002Sowerbyites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyPlectambonitoideaJones 1928
familySyndielasmatidaeCooper 1956
genusSowerbyitesTeichert 1937

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. †Sowerbyites Teichert 1937
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Sowerbyites delicatus Cooper 1956
Sowerbyites hami Cooper 1956
Sowerbyites hibernicus Mitchell 1977
Sowerbyites isotes Percival 1991
Sowerbyites lamellosus Cooper 1956
Sowerbyites medioseptatus Teichert 1937
Sowerbyites subnasutus Cooper 1956
Sowerbyites triseptatus Willard 1928
Sowerbyites vesciseptus Percival 1979
Sowerbyites wahringaensis Percival et al. 2001
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2000).g
Created: 2009-06-10 12:03:33
Modified: 2009-06-10 14:03:33
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Mohawkian or 470.00000 to 451.00000 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (AnHui) S. sp. (7841)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Kentucky) S. sp. (124619)
Gisbornian - Darriwilian458.4 - 458.4Australia (New South Wales) S. wahringaensis (119706)
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2Australia (New South Wales) S. sp. (2708)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Virginia) S. triseptatus (33454 33455 33525 33526)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Nevada) S. sp. (320)
Gisbornian - Eastonian458.4 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) S. sp. (2685)
Gisbornian - Eastonian458.4 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) S. sp. (2721)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Nevada) S. lamellosus (186187) S. sp. (105564)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) S. gildersleevei (203256) S. sp. (33544 33545 33546 33547 33548) S. subnasutus (203254) S. triseptatus (105245)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) S. triseptatus (203285 219873)
Ashbyan - Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Plectambonites triseptatus (203286)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) S. hami, S. lamellosus (23895) S. lamellosus (23893)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) S. delicatus (203257)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) S. hibernicus (89157)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) S. sp. (26953)
Eastonian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) S. isotes (2699 2702 2725 2726 2727 2745 2751 2754 64562 166834 166835 166840 166843 166845 166848 166849 166850) S. sp. (2648 64583)
Eastonian - Onnian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) S. vesciseptus (2661)
Eastonian - Onnian452.7 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) S. sp. (2693)