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Brachyprion

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Brachyprion Shaler
1960Stropheodonta (Brachyprion) Boucot p. 483
1974Brachyprion Bassett and Cocks
1977Brachyprion Mitchell
1982Brachyprion Jones p. 1381
1997Brachyprion Jin and Chatterton
2000Brachyprion Williams et al. p. 282
2002Brachyprion Sepkoski
2004Brachyprion Musteikis and Cocks
2011Brachyprion Rubel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyLeptostrophiidaeCaster 1939
genusBrachyprionShaler 1865

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. †Brachyprion Shaler 1865
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Subg. †Brachyprion (Eomegastrophia) Cocks 1967
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†Strophomena philomela Billings 1860
Subg. †Brachyprion (Erinostrophia) Cocks and Worsley 1993
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†Erinostrophia undata McCoy 1846
†Brachyprion arenacea Davidson 1871
†Brachyprion arenaceus Lamont and Gilbert 1945
†Brachyprion attenuata Amsden 1951
†Brachyprion kurzemensis Rybnikova 1966
†Brachyprion leda Billings 1860
†Brachyprion mirabilis Johnson 1970
†Brachyprion portlocki Reed 1952
†Brachyprion robustus Twenhofel 1928
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2000).g
Created: 2009-06-10 11:18:12
Modified: 2009-06-10 13:18:12
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ashgill to the top of the Eifelian or 449.50000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (184 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) B. sp. (11706 11735 11822)
Ashgill - Llandovery449.5 - 432.9Canada (Québec) B. sp. (24453)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5Canada (Quebec) B. sp. (113165) B. sp., B. leda (158822) B. sp., B. sp., B. leda, B. philomela (158823) B. sp., B. sp., B. leda, B. philomena (158820)
Alexandrian443.1 - 438.1Canada (Québec) B. sp. (24402 24403)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Michigan) B. sp. (532)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Canada (Manitoba) B. robustus (26732 26736)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Oklahoma) B. sp. (528)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6China B. sp. (197396)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Canada (Québec) B. spp. (24416 24418)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6USA (New York) B. sp. (24866)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Canada (Quebec) B. philomela (158832) B. sp., B. leda (158591 158596 158599 158600 158601 158602 158603 158606 158607 158608 158609 158610 158614 158615 158616 158617 158618 158781 158785 158789 158790 158829 158871 158873 158875 158876 159215) B. sp., B. philomela (158778 158786 158791 158792 158793 158831 158833 158834 158866 158869 158872) B. sp., B. sp., B. leda (158779) B. sp., B. sp., B. leda, B. philomela (158611 158787 158867 158870 158874 158877 158879) B. sp., B. sp., B. leda, B. philomena (158598 158604 158768)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Iran (North Khorasan) B. sp. (165945)
Aeronian - Telychian440.5 - 432.9Canada (Québec) B. spp. (24412)
Adavere438.8 - 433.5Estonia (Rapla) B. semiglobosa (193580)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom (England) B. sp. (184764) B. spp., B. arenaceus (49635)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) B. sp. (158795) B. sp., B. leda (158733 158743 158748 158752 158753) B. sp., B. philomela (113305 158745 158763 158764 158765) B. sp., B. philomena (158722 158726 158731 158737 158738 158742 158744 158749 158751 158757) B. sp., B. sp., B. leda (158739) B. sp., B. sp., B. leda, B. philomela (158728 158732) B. sp., B. sp., B. leda, B. philomena (158746 158754 158755 158756)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9USA (Virginia) B. sp. (527)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Norway B. sp. (14310)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Sweden (Gotland) B. walmstedti, Megastrophia walmstedti (192174) Megastrophia walmstedti (192192)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Québec) B. spp. (24420 24423 24424 24435)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) B. sp. (77260)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.6 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) B. walmstedti (13674) Megastrophia walmstedti (13523)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.6 - 430.6China (Guizhou) B. sp. (27786)
Telychian - Wenlock438.6 - 426.7Canada (Manitoba) B. inflata (26444) B. inflatus (26706 26719) B. robustus (26675)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) B. semiglobosa (162435 170479 192188) B. sp. (13524 13527)
Sheinwoodian - Homerian432.9 - 426.7Sweden (Gotland) B. semiglobosa (192144 192147 192186)
Sheinwoodian - Homerian432.9 - 426.7Sweden B. semiglobosa (61765)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) B. waltoni (49640)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Australia (Australian Capital Territories) B. sp. (25691)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Canada (Northwest Territories) B. sp. (188804 188811 188870)
Jaagarahu431.2 - 428.6Estonia (Saare) B. semiglobosa (193636 193637 193638)
Homerian - Gorstian430.6 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) B. semiglobosa (192164)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0USA (Oklahoma) B. attenuata (170221)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0United Kingdom (England) B. spp. (49643)
Gorstian - Ludfordian426.7 - 422.7Sweden (Gotland) B. sp. (13531)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Lithuania B. costatula (207401)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Venezuela B. attenuata (25067)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Oklahoma) B. attenuata (170245)
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62USA (California) Stropheodonta seretensis (79807)
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62USA (Oklahoma) B. attenuata (170222 170225 170228 170241 170247)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Sweden (Gotland) B. sp. (13532 13535)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Lithuania B. kurzemensis (192576)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7USA (Oklahoma) B. attenuata (170224)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (New York) B. sp. (26870)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (Oklahoma) B. attenuata (170264 170266)
Pridoli - Lochkovian422.7 - 413.02USA (Oklahoma) Stropheodonta gibbera, Stropheodonta arata (26826)
Gedinnine419.62 - 413.02USA (Tennessee) B. purduei (74661 75628)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Tennessee) B. sp. (26852)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Ukraine B. sp. (26978)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Oklahoma) Stropheodonta arata (164278) Stropheodonta gibber, Stropheodonta arata (164273 164274) Stropheodonta gibbera, Stropheodonta arata (164275 164276 164277)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Canada (Nunavut) B. mirabilis (26642 26645 26647 26648 26649 26651) B. sp. (26653)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Nevada) B. sp. (164824)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czech Republic (Prague) B. solvayensis (12072)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Canada (British Columbia) B. mirabilis (26568 26570 26571)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62New Zealand B. sp. (77223)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62USA (Nevada) B. sp. (595)
Siegen413.02 - 410.62USA (Nevada) B. mirabilis (164726 164730)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5USA (Alaska) B. sp. (3480)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Nunavut) B. sp. (65978 65983)