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Beecheria

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Beecheriidae

Taxonomy
Beecheria was named by Hall and Clarke (1893) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l P Guad Sepkoski's reference number: 1,33]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Beecheriidae.

It was reranked as Hemiptychina (Beecheria) by Tschernyschew (1902).

It was assigned to Hemiptychina by Tschernyschew (1902); to Terebratulida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Beecheriidae by Williams et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Beecheria Hall and Clarke
1902Hemiptychina (Beecheria) Tschernyschew p. 40
2002Beecheria Sepkoski
2006Beecheria Williams et al. p. 2039

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyDielasmatoideaSchuchert 1913
familyBeecheriidae
genusBeecheriaHall and Clarke 1893

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. †Beecheria Hall and Clarke 1893
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†Beecheria angusta Netschajew 1894
†Beecheria chouteauensis Weller 1914
†Beecheria curva Smirnova 2009
†Beecheria elliptica Cooper and Grant 1976
†Beecheria expansa Cooper and Grant 1976
†Beecheria fernglenensis Weller 1909
†Beecheria kargaliensis Smirnova 2007
†Beecheria lidarensis Diener 1915
†Beecheria magna Jin and Ye 1979
†Beecheria netschajewi Grigor'yeva 1967
†Beecheria samarica Smirnova 2007
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height299.483.4017.99.303.32

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:12
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:47:38
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Capitanian or 364.70000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (129 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Montana) B. paraplicata (643 7118 7150) B. sp. (3433)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Texas) B. chouteauensis (62494 62495)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0Canada (Alberta) Dielasma chouteauensis (8141)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Montana) B. paraplicata (7145)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Iowa) B. sp. (62482)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Missouri) B. paraplicata (5811)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Missouri) B. burlingtonensis (65693)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Illinois) B. paraplicata (5795 5808 5810)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Canada (Alberta) B. chouteauensis (67248 67269 67277 67301 67303 67334 67336)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Iowa) B. sp. (141612) Dielasma chouteauensis (3339) Dielasma chouteauensis, B. chouteauensis (3309)
Kinderhookian - Osagean358.9 - 343.0Mexico (Sonora) B. sp. (5616)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2Canada (Nova Scotia) Terebratula sufflata (13091)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2Canada (Northwest Territories) B. formosa (10282 10283)
Chadian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0China (Xinjiang) B. paraplicata (50253)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) B. sp. (76873)
Visean - Serpukhovian346.7 - 323.2China (Qinghai) B. sp. (68635)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Nevada) B. sp. (62674 62842)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Kentucky) B. formosa (6840) B. sp. (2713)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Indiana) B. sinuata, B. sp. (6833)
Asbian - Serpukhovian340.0 - 323.2Russian Federation B. khalfini (13278)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom B. sp. (229499)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9USA (Alabama) B. sp. (2710 6751 6782 6790 6791 6792 6793 6794 6798 6801 6803 6807 6809 6831 6835 6844 6845)
Brigantian - Pendleian336.0 - 327.0USA (Indiana) B. illinoisense (7031) B. illinoisense, B. shumardanum (7014) B. shumardanum (7006)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0Australia (New South Wales) B. subrotundatus, B. boranelensis (8224)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Illinois) B. illinoisense (7070)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2China (Xinjiang) B. yeergiangensis (50256)
Serpukhovian - Bashkirian330.9 - 315.2Argentina (San Juan) B. sp. (229114 229116)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) B. sp. (79870 79873 79883 79885)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) B. sp. (79856 79891 79895 79898 79913 79914 79915)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2India Dielasma lidarense (230686)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.2 - 315.2USA (California) Dielasma fernglenensis (229444)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) B. itaitubensis (62695) B. sp. (62698)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Kentucky) B. sp. (195795)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Iowa) B. sp. (81)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) B. sp. (43457 43483 43486)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) B. millepunctata (215687) B. sp. (52081 52082)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) B. elliptica (43468 43475 75939 75952) B. expansa (43482)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Guangxi) B. sp. (134321)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1India (Kashmir) Dielasma lidarense (86543)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) B. sp. (43603 102612)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) B. expansa (43568) B. sp. (43543 43579 81953)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Hunan) B. sp. (100061)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Canada (Nunavut) B. sp. (118084)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) B. sp. (43491 75864 75865)
Late/Upper Kazanian272.5 - 268.0Russian Federation B. sp., B. netschajewi (197540)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Croatia Dielasma angusta (62243)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation B. angusta (89200 96748 113629 118077) B. angusta, B. curva (51532) B. curva, B. netschajewi, B. samarica, B. kargaliensis (99997) B. kargaliensis (118410) B. netschajewi (97008 100013 109382 109384 134126 197914)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation B. angusta (197763) B. netschajewi (117264) B. sp. (197536 197556 197557 197762 197765)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Qinghai) B. magna (103607)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation B. sp. (221256)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Russian Federation B. sp. (98148)