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Cyrtolites ornatus

Tergomya - Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtolites ornatus was named by Conrad (1838). It is not extant. It is the type species of Cyrtolites.

It was recombined as Porcellia ornatus by Emmons (1860).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Cyrtolites ornatus Conrad p. 118
1839Cyrtolites ornatus Conrad p. 63
1841Cyrtolites ornatus Conrad p. 37
1842Cyrtolites ornatus Vanuxem p. 65 figs. f. 2
1847Cyrtolites ornatus Hall p. 308 figs. pl. 34 f. 1a-g
1860Porcellia ornatus Emmons p. 102 figs. f. 7
1863Cyrtolites ornatus Logan et al.
1873Cyrtolites ornatus Meek p. 148 figs. pl. 13 f. 3a-b
1874Cyrtolites ornatus Miller p. 308
1889Cyrtolites ornatus Lesley
1889Cyrtolites ornatus Miller
1897Cyrtolites ornatus Ulrich and Scofield pp. 860 - 861 figs. pl. 62 f. 27-31
1908Cyrtolites ornatus Cumings
1909Cyrtolites ornatus Grabau and Shimer
1924Cyrtolites ornatus Foerste pp. 203 - 204 figs. pl. 34 f. 3
1955Cyrtolites ornatus Caster et al. p. 41 figs. pl. 5 f. 11
1992Cyrtolites ornatus Wahlman pp. 91 - 94 figs. pl. 6 f. 1-18; pl. 7 f. 1
2023Cyrtolites ornatus Wagner p. 2381

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classTergomya
orderCyrtonellida
familyCyrtolitidae
genusCyrtolites
speciesornatus

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.

†Cyrtolites ornatus Conrad 1838
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-21 11:49:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 11:08:04
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Edenian to the top of the Richmondian or 451.00000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (New York) Cyrtolites ornatus (346)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) Cyrtolites ornatus (157341)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Cyrtolites ornatus (23659 23664 23667 23668 23670)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Cyrtolites ornatus (23584)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Cyrtolites ornatus (23678)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Cyrtolites ornatus (23588)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Cyrtolites ornatus (64403)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Cyrtolites ornatus (5374)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) Cyrtolites ornatus (155400)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Cyrtolites ornatus (155412 173128 173278)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Cyrtolites ornatus (173021 173200 173249)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Québec) Cyrtolites ornatus (172794 173239 192338)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) Cyrtolites ornatus (72482 72497)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) Cyrtolites ornatus (155173 173012 173117)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) Cyrtolites ornatus (5326 72878 72964)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Michigan) Cyrtolites ornatus (26313 26315)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Indiana) Cyrtolites ornatus (64230 64232)