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Ornithella

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Taxonomy

Ornithella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Terebratulida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Vectellinae by Williams et al. (2006).

Species

Microthyridina farquharsoni, O. (Delmontanella), O. blumbergensis, O. boxensis, O. curticensis, O. digonoides, O. douvillei, O. expolita, O. gemina, O. jomdaensis, O. longa, O. moeschi, O. pseudolagenalis, O. sichuanensis, O. skidegatensis, O. syringothyrides

Species lacking formal opinion data

O. hudlestoni, O. juddi, O. pentagonalis, O. sartacensis

Synonyms

Microthyridina was named by Schuchert and LeVene (1929).

It was synonymized subjectively with Ornithella by Williams et al. (2006).

It was assigned to Zeilleriidae by Muir-Wood (1935).
Microthyris was named by Deslongchamps (1884).

It was replaced with Microthyridina by Schuchert and LeVene (1929).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1884	Microthyris Deslongchamps
1929	Microthyridina Schuchert and LeVene p. 120
1935	Microthyridina Muir-Wood
2002	Ornithella Sepkoski
2006	Ornithella Williams et al. p. 2180

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Terebratulida
suborder	Terebratellidina	Muir-Wood 1955
superfamily	Zeillerioidea	Allan 1940
family	Zeilleriidae	Allan 1940
subfamily	Vectellinae
genus	Ornithella

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. †Ornithella

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Subg. †Ornithella (Delmontanella) Sulser 1995

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†Ornithella (Delmontanella) delmontana Oppel 1857

†Ornithella blumbergensis Seifert 1963

†Ornithella boxensis Muir-Wood 1936

†Ornithella curticensis Crickmay 1933

†Ornithella digonoides Buckman 1913

†Ornithella douvillei Rollier 1919

†Ornithella expolita Seifert 1963

†Ornithella gemina Crickmay 1933

†Ornithella jomdaensis Xu 1978

†Ornithella longa Seifert 1963

†Ornithella moeschi Mayer 1867

†Ornithella pseudolagenalis Moesch 1867

†Ornithella sichuanensis Xu 1978

†Ornithella skidegatensis Whiteaves 1876

†Ornithella syringothyrides Crickmay 1933

Invalid names: Microthyridina Schuchert and LeVene 1929 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	16	9.54	2.50	21.6	13.2	5.99

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesp

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2018-11-10 17:27:13

Modified:

2018-11-10 17:27:13

Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Aptian or 237.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (54 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Carnian	237.0 - 228.0	China (Sichuan)	O. sichuanensis (25405)
Norian	228.0 - 208.5	China (Xizang)	O. jomdaensis (123659)
Lacian	221.5 - 215.56	China (Sichuan)	O. sichuanensis (123657)
Pliensbachian	190.8 - 182.7	Greenland	O. sp. (162058)
Jamesoni	189.6 - 183.0	Greenland	O. sartacensis (162055) O. sp. (161976)
Toarcian - Early/Lower Aalenian	182.7 - 171.6	Bulgaria	O. sp. (106913)
Discites	171.6 - 167.7	USA (California)	O. syringothyrides (164683)
Late/Upper Bajocian	171.6 - 167.7	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	O. expolita (94692) O. longa, O. blumbergensis, O. expolita (94691)
Bathonian	168.3 - 166.1	Tunisia	O. boxensis (169183)
Bathonian	168.3 - 166.1	United Kingdom (Northamptonshire)	O. digonoides (171333)
Bathonian	168.3 - 166.1	Saudi Arabia	O. sp. (48137 48140)
Early/Lower Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	France	O. subranvilliana (12150)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	France	O. digonoides (12014)
Callovian	166.1 - 163.5	Canada (British Columbia)	Terebratula skidegatensis (164640)
Callovian	166.1 - 163.5	USA (California)	O. curticensis, O. gemina (164637)
Callovian	166.1 - 163.5	Yemen (Wadi Hajar)	O. sp. (2607 2608)
Oxfordian	163.5 - 157.3	Saudi Arabia	O. hudlestoni (45562 45818 45910 45982 46000 46031 46307)
Oxfordian	163.5 - 157.3	Yemen (Wadi Hajar)	Microthyridina farquharsoni (2555 2594 2595) O. sp. (2556)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian	163.5 - 152.1	Yemen (Wadi Hajar)	Microthyridina farquharsoni (2586)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	163.5 - 150.8	Somalia	O. farquharsoni (100372)
Late/Upper Jurassic	161.5 - 145.0	Switzerland (Baselland)	O. subbucculenta (48614)
Early/Lower Oxfordian	161.2 - 155.7	Saudi Arabia	O. hudlestoni (225465)
Late/Upper Oxfordian	161.2 - 155.7	Switzerland (Jura)	O. moeschi (207863)
Middle Oxfordian	161.2 - 155.7	Switzerland	O. delmontana (157420) O. subbucculenta, Delmontanella delmontana (22735)
Middle Oxfordian	161.2 - 155.7	Switzerland (Jura)	O. subbucculenta, O. douvillei (196467)
Kimmeridgian - Oxfordian	157.3 - 157.3	Yemen (Wadi Jahar)	Microthyridina farquharsoni (2551)
Kimmeridgian	157.3 - 152.1	Switzerland	O. pseudolagenalis (207868)
Kimmeridgian	157.3 - 152.1	Somalia	Microthyridina farquharsoni (93018)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	155.7 - 150.8	Switzerland (Jura)	O. pseudolagenalis (207867)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	155.7 - 150.8	Germany	O. pentagonalis, O. waageni (211294)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	155.7 - 150.8	Germany (Bayern)	O. pentagonalis (59175)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	155.7 - 150.8	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	O. pentagonalis (41817 154138)
Aptian	125.0 - 113.0	United Kingdom (England)	O. celtica (1838) O. juddi (1841 1850 1854 1856) O. juddi, O. pseudojurensis, O. tamarindus, O. wanklyni (1857) O. morrisi, O. celtica, O. tamarindus, O. wanklyni, O. juddi (1769)