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Cererithyris

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae

Taxonomy
Cererithyris was named by Buckman (1917) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bajo-u J Bath-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1,882,1013]. Its type is Terebratula intermedia. It is the type genus of Cererithyridinae.

It was assigned to Terebratulida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cererithyridinae by Williams et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Cererithyris Buckman p. 109
2002Cererithyris Sepkoski
2006Cererithyris Williams et al. p. 2087

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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
familyLoboidothyrididae
subfamilyCererithyridinae
genusCererithyris

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. †Cererithyris Buckman 1917
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†Cererithyris arkelli Alméras 1970
†Cererithyris dorsetensis Douglas and Arkell 1928
†Cererithyris intermedia Sowerby 1812
†Cererithyris linguifera Davidson 1884
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†Cererithyris ovalis Buckman 1917
†Cererithyris pentagonalis Buckman 1917
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2413.77.5022.813.43.82

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:51:39
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:51:39
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 170.30000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian - Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Bulgaria C. dorsetensis (87458)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Bulgaria C. dorsetensis (77797) C. fleischeri (77798 77799)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian171.6 - 164.7Bulgaria C. fleischeri (87459)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Germany Terebratula intermedia (90024)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Jordan C. jordanensis (35356 35417 35703)
Bathonian - Bajocian168.3 - 168.3Kenya C. sp., C. dorsetensis (161804)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia C. africana (45467)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1China (Qinghai) C. sp. (61520)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Jordan C. africana (35706) C. jordanensis (35669)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom C. intermedia (171418) C. pentagonalis (171419)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) C. intermedia (135474 135525) C. ovalis (171417)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1France C. intermedia (135473)
Early/Lower Bathonian - Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Bulgaria C. intermedia (87461)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Hungary (Baranya) C. fleischeri (233385)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Hungary C. intermedia (92056)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France C. arkelli (169988) C. dorsetensis, C. fleischeri (170620) C. dorsetensis, C. fleischeri, C. arkelli (169319) C. fleischeri (170555) C. intermedia (170483 171669 174437) C. sp., C. dorsetensis, C. fleischeri, C. arkelli (169111) Terebratula intermedia (58932)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France C. dorsetensis (170621) C. intermedia (169990)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Basse-Normandie) C. intermedia (28444)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia C. africana (48560 48564 48604)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Jordan C. jordanensis (35667)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) C. sp. (2560 2567 2607 2608 2610) C. wyvillei (2605)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Somalia C. weiri (93020)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Yemen (Wadi Hajar) C. sp. (2596) C. wyvillei (2556 2597)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Ethiopia C. sp. (93029 93031 93032 93853 93854 93856 93857 93858 93860 93861 93863 93864 94311)
Tithonian - Kimmeridgian152.1 - 152.1Yemen (Wadi Hajar) C. sp. (2571)