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Septatoechia elegans

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchonella elegans was named by Von Hanstein (1879). Its type specimen is University of Bonn G.P.IBO.-Hanstein: 4 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cyclothyris elegans by Simon (1998); it was recombined as Septatoechia elegans by Simon and Motchurova-Dekova (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Rhynchonella elegans Von Hanstein p. 40
1998Cyclothyris elegans Simon p. 194
2010Septatoechia elegans Simon and Motchurova-Dekova p. 174 figs. Pl. 2, Fig. 2a-e; Pl. 3, Fig. 1a-d, 2a-d; Table 1

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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
familyTetrarhynchiidaeAger 1965
subfamilyViarhynchiinae
genusSeptatoechia
specieselegans(Von Hanstein 1879)

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.

Septatoechia elegans Von Hanstein 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height215.414.816.015.40.820

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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium Cyclothyris elegans (170076 170078) Septatoechia elegans (154735 154736)