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Orbicoelia

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Orbicoelia Waterhouse and Piyasin p. 144
2002Orbicoelia Sepkoski
2006Orbicoelia Williams et al. p. 1736

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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
genusOrbicoelia

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. †Orbicoelia Waterhouse and Piyasin 1970
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Orbicoelia cordata Shen et al. 1992
Orbicoelia elongatiformis Chen and Shi 2006
Orbicoelia extima Grant 1970
Orbicoelia fraterculus Waterhouse and Piyasin 1970
Orbicoelia inflata Stehli 1954
Orbicoelia magna Ustritsky 1960
Orbicoelia tholiaphor Cooper and Grant 1976
Orbicoelia tschernyschewi Licharew 1939
Orbicoelia tumibilis Cooper and Grant 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1554.640.80017.35.003.38
valve height75.122.6014.05.403.92

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

Age range: base of the Moscovian to the top of the Griesbachian or 315.20000 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (193 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) Crurithyris tschernyschewi (62696)
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9China (Xinjiang) O. magna (50240)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Crurithyris tumibilis (43476 43483 43484 105974)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) Crurithyris tumibilis (43468 43469 43472 43474 43475 43479 43481 43482 75939 75952 75953 106023)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (New Mexico) Crurithyris tumibilis (39150 39151 39153 39154 39155 118001)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Crurithyris tumibilis (102612)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Xizang) O. fraterculus (118919)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Xinjiang) O. elongatiformis (62827 62829 62830 62832) O. elongatiformis, O. magna (62822) O. fraterculus (62816 62818 62820) O. fraterculus, O. magna (62826) O. magna (62815 62817 62819 62821 62824)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Ambocoelia guadalupensis (150831)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Yunnan) Crurithyris tumibilis (132456)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Tajikistan O. sp. (182702 182703)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Xinjiang) O. elongatiformis (62744 62748 62753)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Ambocoelia guadalupensis (69002 113192 150245 150250 150251 150859 150863 150956 151162) Crurithyris inflata (75863 81848 81950 81951)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Ambocoelia guadalupensis (113197 150107 150260) Crurithyris tholiaphor (43548 43551 43553 81693 81722 101767 105850 105887 105932 105933)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Thailand O. fraterculus (40868)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Thailand (Trang) O. fraterculus (40869 40871 40879)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Thailand (Ratchaburi) O. fraterculus (40865 40866 40936)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28China (Xinjiang) Crurithyris tschernyschewi (123274)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28USA (Texas) Crurithyris tholiaphor (106147)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51China (Guangdong) Crurithyris magna (121078)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51China (Hubei) Crurithyris magna (121075)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51USA (Texas) Ambocoelia guadalupensis (108825)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran (Tehran) Crurithyris tschernyschewi (43297)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Ambocoelia guadalupensis (150261) Crurithyris guadalupensis (81619) Crurithyris tholiaphor (43550 81636 105758 105977)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Turkey O. sp. (107227)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia O. sp. (107068)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand (Ratchaburi) O. fraterculus (40954)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Oman O. fraterculus (97216)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Malaysia O. fraterculus (105035)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Ambocoelia guadalupensis (108770 108812) Crurithyris guadalupensis (81589 81591 81593 81609 101798 101809 102618 105893 105895)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Thailand O. extima (120920)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia O. sp. (107085)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) Crurithyris guadalupensis (81620 81629 102622 105989)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guangxi) Crurithyris flabelliformis (112363 112399)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guizhou) Crurithyris flabelliformis (108192)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Greece O. fraterculus (64171 64172 64173 64176)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Chongqing) Crurithyris cordata (94969 94972 94978) Crurithyris cordata, O. flabelliformis (94967) Crurithyris flabelliformis (94984 94985 94988 149275) Crurithyris inflata (94989)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Hungary O. tschernyschewi (82276 82279 82282 116436)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Sichuan) Crurithyris flabelliformis (95601 95602 95604 95605 117503 117504) O. sp. (95599)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan (Punjab) Crurithyris extima (41563 41565 41567)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) Crurithyris flabelliformis (48895 111649)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Hubei) Crurithyris flabelliformis (107743 107745) O. sp. (95722)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Hunan) Crurithyris flabelliformis (111899)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Iran O. sp. (125640)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangxi) Crurithyris flabelliformis (149207 149210 149213 149214 149217)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Crurithyris flabelliformis (117465 117481) O. comcincta (145677 163278)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation (South Primorye) Crurithyris flabelliformis (52820)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Italy Crurithyris extima (44450) O. dolomitensis (87192 101916 101917 101918 101919 101920 105121 105122) O. sp. (74939)
Changhsingian - Griesbachian254.17 - 250.5China (Zhejiang) Crurithyris flabelliformis (111652)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5USA (Montana) O. sp. (44491 44493)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Russian Federation Crurithyris extima (128158 128159)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Fujian) Crurithyris flabelliformis (111970 120035)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Hubei) Crurithyris flabelliformis (149225)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guangxi) Crurithyris flabelliformis (117512 117513 121129 121130) Crurithyris sp. (121128)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Sichuan) Crurithyris flabelliformis (89357 95609 117506)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Zhejiang) Crurithyris flabelliformis (43788) O. flabelliformis (105216) O. sp. nov. (105217) O. sp. nov., O. flabelliformis (105221)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Pakistan (Punjab) Crurithyris extima (41560 41561)