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Kurakithyris quantoensis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Taxonomy
Kurakithyris quantoensis was named by Hatai (1946). Its type specimen is IGPS 15436, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kosiba, Kanasawa-mura, which is in a Calabrian marine sandstone in the Koshima Formation of Japan. It is the type species of Kurakithyris.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Kurakithyris quantoensis Hatai p. 99 figs. 1-6
1948Kurakithyris quantoensis Hatai p. 496 figs. Pl 78, figs 24-26

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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
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
genusKurakithyris
speciesquantoensis

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
No measurements are available
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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Calabrian or 1.80000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Japan Kurakithyris quantoensis (type locality: 190822)