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Tritoechia sinuata

Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae

Taxonomy
Tritoechia sinuata was named by Ulrich and Cooper (1938). Its type specimen is USNM 91744, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by P. Wagner on 2020-06-18

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Tritoechia sinuata Ulrich and Cooper p. 167 figs. Plate 32 6, figure 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderBillingsellida
suborderClitambonitidinaOpik 1934
superfamilyPolytoechioideaOpik 1934
familyPolytoechiidaeOpik 1934
genusTritoechia
speciessinuata

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.

Tritoechia sinuata Ulrich and Cooper 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-02 13:53:57
Modified: 2009-06-06 14:19:29
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tulean to the top of the Blackhillsian or 481.70000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Tennessee) Tritoechia sinuata (210749)
Tulean481.7 - 475.3USA (Nevada) Tritoechia sinuata (210748)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3USA (Nevada) Tritoechia sinuata (77186)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Utah) Tritoechia sinuata (63846)