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Crurithyris

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Crurithyris George p. 42
1974Crurithyris Brunton and Champion p. 830
1978Crurithyris Savage et al. p. 379
2002Crurithyris Sepkoski
2006Crurithyris Williams et al. p. 1733

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyAmbocoelioideaGeorge 1931
familyAmbocoeliidae
subfamilyAmbocoeliinae
genusCrurithyris

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. †Crurithyris George 1931
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Crurithyris alaskensis Savage et al. 1978
Crurithyris aquilonia Stehli and Grant 1971
Crurithyris arcuata Girty 1910
Crurithyris calendae Johnson 1971
Crurithyris clannyana King 1848
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Invalid names: Martinia winchiana King 1848 [synonym], Thecidium productiforme von Schauroth 1854 [synonym]
Crurithyris expansa Dunbar and Condra 1932
Crurithyris extumida Jin and Ye 1979
Crurithyris inflata Schnur 1853
Crurithyris levicula Rowley 1900
Crurithyris longa Liao 1980
Crurithyris longirostris Cooper and Grant 1976
Crurithyris longtanica Jin and Hu 1978
Crurithyris major Cooper and Grant 1976
Crurithyris opalinus Termier and Termier 1977
Crurithyris parva Weller 1899
Crurithyris planoconvexa Shumard 1855
Crurithyris sulcata Stehli 1954
Crurithyris telleri Schellwien 1900
Crurithyris uralica Stepanov and Kalashnikov 1998
Crurithyris urei Fleming 1828
Crurithyris wampensis Mills and Langenheim Jr. 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1383.881.0019.03.703.68
valve height27.166.108.407.251.63

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:48:51
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:48:51
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Early/Lower Triassic or 407.60000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (890 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5USA (Alaska) C. sp. (3477 3480 3483)
Zlichovian409.1 - 391.9USA (Alaska) C. sp. (3478)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3China (Guangxi) C. sp. (27476 27504)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Canada (Nunavut) C. sp. (26625)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Nevada) C. calendae (3830)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7China (Guangxi) C. sp. (27560)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen,) Spirifer inflatus (77050)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany C. sp. (127762)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Czech Republic (Moravia) C. inflata (5767)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7France C. inflata (65769)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangxi) C. sp. (50024 206155)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Sichuan) C. sp. (60472)
Changhsingian - Griesbachian254.17 - 250.5China (Sichuan) C. sp. (48944)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2China (Sichuan) C. muliensis (123664)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guangxi) C. sp. (121129)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Sichuan) C. sp. (149112 149115)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Hubei) C. sp. (204851 204853 204854 204855 204856 204857 204868 204869 204870 204879 204880)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Chongqing) C. longa (149135) C. sp. (156866)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guizhou) C. sp. (200991 201000 201002 201007 201013) C. sulcata (197045) C. tianshengqiaoensis (108179)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2China (Hubei) C. sp. (187725 187726 187727 187731)