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Bactrotheca

Orthothecida - Orthothecidae

Taxonomy
Bactrotheca was named by Novak (1891) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-u O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 288]. Its type is Hyolithes teres.

It was assigned to Orthothecidae by Fisher (1962); and to Orthothecida by Landing and Bartowski (1996) and Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Bactrotheca Novak p. 34
1962Bactrotheca Fisher p. 125
1996Bactrotheca Landing and Bartowski p. 755
2002Bactrotheca Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
Lophophorata
phylumHyolitha
orderOrthothecida
familyOrthothecidae
genusBactrothecaNovak 1891

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.

G. †Bactrotheca Novak 1891
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Bactrotheca emmonsi Ford 1873
Bactrotheca teres Barrande 1867
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitep
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10f
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryp
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindp
Created: 2009-02-26 06:53:26
Modified: 2009-02-26 08:53:26
Source: f = family, p = phylum
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Hirnantian or 516.00000 to 443.40000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran516.0 - 513.0Canada (Quebec) B. emmonsi (78753 78754 78755)
Dyeran516.0 - 513.0USA (New York) B. emmonsi (78762 78764 78765 78766 78767)
Sarka466.0 - 466.0Czech Republic B. sp. (3857)
Dobrotiva466.0 - 460.9Czech Republic B. sp. (3859)
Llanvirn466.0 - 460.9Czech Republic (Prague) B. sp. (76458)
Rawtheyan455.8 - 445.6United Kingdom (Wales) B. sp. (8327 8369 8370 192503)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.6Sweden B. deleta (165077)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4United Kingdom (Wales) B. sp. (8392)