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Cirpa kiragliae

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Taxonomy
Cirpa kiragliae was named by Ager (1959). Its type specimen is BB. 21781, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yakacik Valley, which is in a Sinemurian carbonate limestone in Turkey.

Subspecies

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Cirpa kiragliae Ager p. 1019 figs. Pl. 128, Fig. 2a-c

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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
superfamilyWellerelloideaLicharew 1956
familyWellerellidaeLicharew 1956
subfamilyCirpinaeAger 1965
genusCirpaDe Gregorio 1930
specieskiragliae

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.

Cirpa kiragliae Ager 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height29.778.7310.99.841.56

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 Sinemurian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 199.30000 to 182.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Turkey Cirpa kiragliae (type locality: 159017)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Turkey Cirpa kiragliae (159015)