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Thurmannella acuticosta

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Taxonomy
Thurmannella acuticosta was named by Childs (1969). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Filey Brigg, which is in an Oxfordian shallow subtidal limestone in the Lower Calcaerous Grit Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Thurmannella acuticosta Childs p. 51 figs. Pl. 5, Fig. 10-11, Text Fig. 20
1993Thurmannella acuticosta Shi and Grant p. 53 figs. 34; Pl. 3; Fig. 22-28

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyRhynchonelloidead'Orbigny 1847
familyRhynchonellidaeGray 1848
subfamilyIvanoviellinae
genusThurmannellaLeidhold 1921
speciesacuticosta

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.

Thurmannella acuticosta Childs 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height712.210.813.712.11.18
shell height312.211.014.611.22.02

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:25
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oxfordian to the top of the Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom Thurmannella acuticosta (159776 159777)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Thurmannella acuticosta (159778 170166)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom Thurmannella acuticosta (type locality: 157928 157934)