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Contitheca

Orthothecida - Novitatidae

Taxonomy
Contitheca was named by Syssoiev (1972) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto Cm Dres-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1006].

It was assigned to Novitatidae by Malinky (2002); and to Orthothecida by Sepkoski (2002) and Malinky and Skovsted (2004).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Contitheca Syssoiev
2002Contitheca Malinky p. 593
2002Contitheca Sepkoski
2004Contitheca Malinky and Skovsted p. 567

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
Lophophorata
phylumHyolitha
orderOrthothecida
familyNovitatidaeSysoyev 1968
genusContitheca

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. †Contitheca Syssoiev 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitep
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindp
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Surficial, fac. motile unattached, suspension feeder according to Bambach et al (2007).g
Created: 2009-09-21 12:52:37
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:52:37
Source: g = genus, p = phylum
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Undillan or 516.00000 to 504.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran516.0 - 513.0Greenland C. sp. (49471)
Lenian516.0 - 513.0Sweden C. sp. (87186)
Lenian516.0 - 513.0Kyrgyzstan C. sp., C. teslenkoi (81268)
Toyonian516.0 - 513.0Morocco C. sp. (9123)
Solvan513.0 - 501.0Morocco C. chrosniaki (9122)
Floran - Undillan507.0 - 504.0Antarctica C. webersi (69505)