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Viligothyris viligaensis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Triadithyrididae

Taxonomy
Viligothyris viligaensis was named by Dagys (1968). Its type specimen is IGiG 154/78 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Viliga River, basin of Okhotsk Sea, which is in a Pliensbachian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Viligothyris viligaensis Dagys p. 92 figs. Pl 12, fig 3

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyLoboidothyridoideaMakridin 1964
familyTriadithyrididae()
genusViligothyris
speciesviligaensis

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 height416.215.018.016.01.50

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:52:41
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:52:41
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Late/Upper Pliensbachian or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Russian Federation Viligothyris viligaensis (type locality: 135581 135582 135585 135587 135599)