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Plicarostrum aubersonense

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae

Taxonomy
Plicarostrum aubersonense was named by Burri (1956). Its type specimen is Naturhist. Museum Basel Nr. Au 1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Road fork east of Auberson (="Coup du Remblai"), which is in a Hauterivian carbonate marl/limestone in Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Plicarostrum aubersonense Burri p. 683 figs. Pl. 13, Fig. 1-2

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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
superfamilyHemithiridoideaRzhonsnitskaya 1956
familyCyclothyrididae()
subfamilyCyclothyridinae(Makridin 1955)
genusPlicarostrum
speciesaubersonense

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height277.756.009.007.700.814

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: base of the Late/Upper Hauterivian to the top of the Early/Lower Barremian or 136.40000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian - Early/Lower Hauterivian140.2 - 130.0Switzerland Plicarostrum aubersonense (153122)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Switzerland Plicarostrum aubersonense (153097 153125 type locality: 153126 153133 153140)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Switzerland Plicarostrum aubersonense (153111)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45France Plicarostrum aubersonense (153135)