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Gigantothyris
Taxonomy
Gigantothyris was named by Seifert (1963) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bajo-l J Bath-u Sepkoski's reference number: 872]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Terebratulida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Postepithyrididae by Williams et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Terebratulida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Postepithyrididae by Williams et al. (2006).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1963 | Gigantothyris Seifert |
2002 | Gigantothyris Sepkoski |
2006 | Gigantothyris Williams et al. p. 2113 |
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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. †Gigantothyris Seifert 1963
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†Gigantothyris abscondita Seifert 1963
†Gigantothyris blanda Seifert 1963
†Gigantothyris deducta Seifert 1963
†Gigantothyris dorsoplanata Seifert 1963
†Gigantothyris finkelsteini Bose 1897
†Gigantothyris gigantea Seifert 1963
†Gigantothyris luculenta Seifert 1963
†Gigantothyris ochoticus Dagys 1968
†Gigantothyris pulchra Seifert 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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shell height | 9 | 10.5 | 3.20 | 33.0 | 6.50 | 13.7 |
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Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 |
Age range: Aalenian or 174.10000 to 170.30000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Opalinum | Russian Federation | G. ochoticus (135603) | |
Opalinum | Italy | G. finkelsteini (161195) | |
Aalenian | Austria | G. finkelsteini (161196) | |
Aalenian | Italy | G. finkelsteini (161169 161173 161174) | |
Early/Lower Bajocian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | G. abscondita (94655) G. gigantea (94622) G. gigantea, G. pulchra, G. blanda, G. dorsoplanata, G. luculenta, G. abscondita (94619) G. pulchra, G. deducta, G. abscondita (94627) | |
Late/Upper Bajocian | France | G. blanda (169973) |