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Epacrothyris pectoralis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae

Taxonomy
Waldheimia pectoralis was named by Tate (1880).

It was recombined as Epacrothyris pectoralis by Hiller and MacKinnon (2000); it was recombined as Stethothyris pectoralis by Craig (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Waldheimia pectoralis Tate p. 157 figs. Pl. 7, Fig. 1a-d
2000Epacrothyris pectoralis Hiller and MacKinnon p. 69 fig. 7
2001Stethothyris pectoralis Craig p. 219 figs. 7, 11h-m, 12a-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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyTerebratelloideaKing 1850
familyTerebratellidaeKing 1850
subfamilyStethothyridinae
genusEpacrothyris
speciespectoralis(Tate 1880)

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 height925.218.436.127.35.61

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubf
Diet: suspension feedersubf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:23:54
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:23:54
Source: subf = subfamily, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Australia (South Australia) Epacrothyris pectoralis (206888)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Australia (Western Australia) Stethothyris pectoralis (152410 152411 152500)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) Stethothyris pectoralis (152430 152477 152507 152522 152534 152535 152536)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) Victorithyris pectoralis (70631 70632)