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Brachythyris

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae

Taxonomy
Brachythyris was named by M'Coy (1844) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame C Bash-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1,25,400]. It is the type genus of Brachythyrididae.

It was assigned to Brachythyrinae by Campbell and Engel (1963); to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Brachythyrididae by Williams et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Brachythyris M'Coy
1963Brachythyris Campbell and Engel p. 73
2002Brachythyris Sepkoski
2006Brachythyris Williams et al. p. 1821

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyBrachythyridoideaFrederiks 1924
familyBrachythyrididaeFredericks 1924
genusBrachythyris

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. †Brachythyris M'Coy 1844
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†Brachythyris ozarkensis Snider 1915
†Brachythyris quadriradiatus de Verneuil 1845
†Brachythyris solida Campbell and Engel 1963
†Brachythyris ufensis Tschernyschew 1902
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Artinskian or 364.70000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (154 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (New Mexico) B. putillas (231554)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7China B. guilinensis (162314)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Canada (Alberta) B. bisbeensis (35544)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8France B. sp. (38642)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Utah) B. sp. (547)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Arkansas) B. sp. (5613)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Indiana) B. fernglenensis (6734)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0Australia (New South Wales) B. solida (75622)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0Canada (Northwest Territories) B. chouteauensis (62431)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Texas) B. chouteauensis (62491 62492 62493 62494 62495 62497 62498 62500)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0Canada (Yukon) B. sp. (548)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Montana) B. sp. (545)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0Canada (Alberta) B. chouteauensis (8610) B. peculiaris (8141)
Early/Lower Mississippian358.9 - 346.7USA (California) B. sp. A (226416)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Oklahoma) B. chouteauensis (5614)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Missouri) B. chouteauensis (65693)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Illinois) B. hortonensis (5695 5795)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Libya B. sp. (36841)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Iowa) B. burlingtonensis, B. peculiaris (3309) B. chouteauensis (3314) B. sp., B. chouteauensis (3339)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Idaho) B. sp. (12790 12798 12801)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) B. davidi (46866 217051 217053) B. elliptica (58011 58013 58015 58018) B. pseudovalis (5615) B. solida (46855) B. sp. (46871 46872)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Canada (Alberta) B. chouteauensis (67238 67247 67252 67268 67293)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Australia (Queensland) B. sp. (40007)
Tournaisian - Visean358.9 - 330.9Australia (New South Wales) B. elliptica (217058) B. solida (46857 46858 46860 46863) B. sp., B. solida (46856 46859)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Arizona) B. peculiaris (13155)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Alaska) B. sp. (112171 112173) B. subcardiformis (112176) B. subcardiiformis (112177)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2Canada (Northwest Territories) B. dichotomus (10282)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) B. altonensis (12912)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Ireland B. pinguis (76497)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7USA (Texas) B. chouteauensis (1)
Ivorian - Chadian353.8 - 340.0Ireland B. ovalis, B. pinguis, B. planata, B. rotundata, B. sexradialis, B. sp. (76501) B. pinguis (76515)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0Canada (Northwest Territories) B. sp., B. chouteauensis (62432)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Indiana) B. sp. (550 2455 6669)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Utah) B. sp. (549)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Montana) B. sp. (555 564)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0Canada (Alberta) B. chouteauensis (62418)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0Ireland B. pinguis, B. sexradialis (76517)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (England) B. integricosta, B. ovalis (5971) B. ovalis (5983) B. pinguis (5972)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) B. sp. (556 557 558 8072 8080)
Chadian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0China (Xinjiang) B. ovalis (50253)
Visean346.7 - 330.9China (Xinjiang) B. ovalis (41756 41758)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Australia (New South Wales) B. davidis (62638) B. elliptica (5605 46873 46876 46879 46880 46910 46911) B. elliptica, B. sp. (46912) B. pseudovalis (46895 46896 46914 46916 46917 46919 46924 58143 58147) B. sp. (46920 46921 46922 46927 46932 46944)
Visean346.7 - 330.9USA (Kentucky) Brachythyris indet. (141616)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Kentucky) B. subcardiformis (2713)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Idaho) B. sp. (12814) B. subcardiiformis (12821)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5Canada (Yukon) B. sp. (569)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) B. integricosta (5985) B. integricostata, B. ovalis, B. pinguis, B. planicosta (5995) B. linguifera (6071) B. pinguis (5992 5994)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) B. integricosta, B. ovalis, B. pinguis, B. rhomboidalis (5987) B. integricosta, B. pinguis (5986)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) B. ovalis (76172) B. sp. (57131) B. sulcata (73392 73393 73394 73420 73427)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Australia (New South Wales) B. sp., B. pseudovalis (8221)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Montana) B. sp. (579)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Arizona) B. chesterensis (124256)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Arkansas) B. sp. (79832)
Late/Upper Mississippian330.9 - 323.2USA (Alaska) B. subcardiiformis (112184)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.2 - 315.2USA (Alaska) Spirifer ufensis (112188)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Alaska) Spirifer ufensis (111914)
Moscovian - Kasimovian315.2 - 303.7Pakistan (Karakorum) B. sp. (50553)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Canada (Yukon) B. sp. (10265)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Guangxi) B. ellipsoideus (134310)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Slovenia Spirifer quadriradiatus (129658)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Russian Federation B. quadriradiatus (86027)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Guangxi) B. sp. (134311)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Alaska) B. ufensis (109345)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Laos Spirifer quadriradiatus (233571)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Alaska) B. sp. (112205)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (Nunavut) B. sp. (107937)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation B. sp. (110191)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Guangxi) B. ufensis (134321)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (Yukon) B. sp. (116370 117733)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Canada (Yukon) B. sp. (117722)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Canada (British Columbia) Spirifer ufensis (82123)