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Trapezotheca

Orthothecida - Orthothecidae

Taxonomy
Trapezotheca was named by Syssoiev (1958) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tomm-u O Llvi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1,1006]. Its type is Hyolithus (Orthotheca) aemulus.

It was assigned to Orthothecidae by Fisher (1962) and Rozanov et al. (1969); and to Orthothecida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Trapezotheca Syssoiev p. 187
1962Trapezotheca Fisher p. 127
1969Trapezotheca Rozanov et al. p. 145
2002Trapezotheca Sepkoski

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

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. †Trapezotheca Syssoiev 1958
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Trapezotheca aemulus Holm 1893
Trapezotheca bicostata Rozanov et al. 1969
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryp
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindp
Created: 2009-02-26 06:56:18
Modified: 2009-02-26 08:56:18
Source: g = genus, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Tommotian or 525.50000 to 521.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Hubei) T. sp. (107634)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) T. bicostata (10067 45852)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Y) T. bicostata (10093)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) T. bicostata (10041 80950 80952)