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Rectithyris whiskyi

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Taxonomy
Rectithyris whiskyi was named by Sandy (1991). Its type specimen is D.8347.11 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bibby Point, D.8347, James Ross Island, Whisky Bay Formation, which is in an Albian/Coniacian marine siltstone/sandstone in the Whisky Bay Formation of Antarctica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. visae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Rectithyris whiskyi Sandy p. 399 figs. 5-10

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyTerebratuloidea(Gray 1840)
familySellithyrididaeMuir - Wood 1965
subfamilyRectithyridinaeMuir-Wood 1965
genusRectithyris
specieswhiskyi

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.

†Rectithyris whiskyi Sandy 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available