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Orthotichia kozlowskii

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae

Taxonomy
Orthotichia kozlowskii was named by King (1931). Its type specimen is YPM 12651, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is R.E. King 92, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in an Asselian marine shale in the Neal Ranch Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. dorsistrigis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Orthotichia kozlowskii King p. 45 figs. Pl 1, fig 14 only
1976Orthotichia kozlowskii Cooper and Grant p. 2616 figs. Pl 663, figs 27-31; pl 668, figs 1-48; pl 669, figs 1-22; pl 670, figs 9-14; pl 671, figs 32-36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderDalmanellidinaMoore 1952
superfamilyEnteletoideaWaagen 1884
familySchizophoriidaeSchuchert and Le Vene 1929
genusOrthotichiaHall and Clarke 1892
specieskozlowskii

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height199.532.1017.212.34.53

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:11:06
Modified: 2009-04-11 14:18:14
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Kungurian or 303.70000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Orthotichia kozlowskii (43476 43484 149854 149855)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) Orthotichia kozlowskii (43468 43469 43472 43474 43478 43482 75939 75952 75953 149722 type locality: 149856)
Asselian - Artinskian298.9 - 279.3USA (Texas) Orthotichia kozlowskii (105891)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Orthotichia kozlowskii (43542 43546 102612 149859)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Orthotichia kozlowskii (43540 81953 149775 149857 149858)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Orthotichia kozlowskii (149860 149861)