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Ptilorhynchia jeletzkyi

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Taxonomy
Ptilorhynchia jeletzkyi was named by Owen (1972). Its type specimen is GSC 31652 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC Loc. 62533, which is in a Tithonian carbonate limestone in the Teepee Mountain Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Ptilorhynchia jeletzkyi Owen p. 1 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 1-4; Text Fig. 1-4

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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
subfamilyPiarorhynchiinaeShi and Grant 1993
genusPtilorhynchia
speciesjeletzkyi

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height512.512.013.012.50.500

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

Age range: Late/Upper Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Canada (British Columbia) Ptilorhynchia jeletzkyi (type locality: 164634)