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Ectyphoria sinaiensis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae

Taxonomy
Ectyphoria sinaiensis was named by Feldman et al. (2012). Its type specimen is RGF VR 74/22 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gebel El-Maghara breached anticline, which is in a Bathonian platform/shelf-margin reef wackestone/packstone in the Dhruma Formation of Egypt.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Ectyphoria sinaiensis Feldman et al. p. 234 fig. 8,9
2021Ectyphoria sinaiensis Feldman et al. p. 452 figs. 3M-T

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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
superfamilyLoboidothyridoideaMakridin 1964
familyLoboidothyrididae
subfamilyLoboidothyridinae()
genusEctyphoria
speciessinaiensis

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.

Ectyphoria sinaiensis Feldman et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1619.015.222.119.42.44

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:51:39
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:51:39
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Oxynotum to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 196.50000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxynotum196.5 - 189.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Serpula tetragona (133092)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Egypt Ectyphoria sinaiensis (type locality: 157595)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Jordan Ectyphoria sinaiensis (231872)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8United Kingdom (England) Serpula tetragona (70997)