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Gryphus

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Gryphus Megerle von Mühlfeld
2001Gryphus Bitner and Martinell p. 180
2002Gryphus Sepkoski
2006Gryphus Williams et al. p. 2057

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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
superfamilyTerebratuloidea(Gray 1840)
familyTerebratulidaeGray 1840
subfamilyGryphinaeSahni 1929
genusGryphusMegerle von Mühlfeld 1811

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. Gryphus Megerle von Mühlfeld 1811
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†Gryphus angularis Hayasaka 1922
Gryphus capensis Jackson 1952
†Gryphus carneoides Guppy 1866
†Gryphus cookei Cooper 1979
Gryphus dalli Cooper 1983
†Gryphus hanzawai Yabe and Hatai 1935
†Gryphus kickxii Galeotti 1837
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Invalid names: Gryphus akkajensis Zelinskaja 1975 [synonym], Gryphus globosus Zelinskaja 1975 [synonym], Gryphus kinderlensis Nechrikova 1970 [synonym], Gryphus poculoformis Zelinskaja 1975 [synonym], Terebratula (Waldheimia) hilarionis Davidson 1870 [synonym], Terebratula dinerensis d'Archiac 1866 [synonym], Terebratula phrygia d'Archiac 1866 [synonym]
†Gryphus kurotakiensis Hatai 1948
†Gryphus lentiformis Jin et al. 1976
†Gryphus minor Philippi 1836
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Invalid names: Terebratula affinis Calcara 1845 [synonym], Terebratula lyelliana Seguenza 1865 [synonym]
†Gryphus miocaenicus Michelotti 1847
†Gryphus oakvilleensis Weaver 1912
†Gryphus parvus Cooper 1979
†Gryphus radiata Hatai 1936
†Gryphus rovasendianus Seguenza 1866
†Gryphus sphenoideus Philippi 1844
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Invalid names: Terebratula benoitiana Seguenza 1865 [synonym]
†Gryphus stantoni Maury 1912
Gryphus tokionis Dall 1920
†Gryphus vaughani Cooke 1919
†Gryphus vitrea Born 1778
†Gryphus vitreus Born 1778
†Gryphus washingtonensis Hertlein and Grant IV 1944
†Gryphus yatungensis Jin et al. 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1914.97.5028.214.26.85

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:44:14
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:44:14
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (112 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6China (Xizang) G. yatungensis, G. lentiformis (110256)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Washington) G. sp. (5544 5546)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Austria G. kickxii (133103)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Trinidad and Tobago G. carneoides (164962)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Cuba G. cookei (166235 166236)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Hungary G. kickxii (190270 190271 190272 190274 190278 190279 190280 190293 190294 190295 190296 190297 190301 190304 190306 190307 190308 190309)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Hungary G. kickxii (190266 190298 190299 190300 190302 190303 190305)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0North Atlantic (Saint Barthélemy) G. vaughani (166240 166244 166245)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Romania G. kickxii (233412)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Hungary G. kickxii (190267 190268 190269 190273 190275 190276 190277)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain G. sp. (141924 233413)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Trinidad and Tobago Terebratula stantoni (80172)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Terebratula oakvilleensis (91607)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Cuba G. parvus (166238)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Hungary G. miocaenicus (152552 152553 152554 152556 152560 152561 152562)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovenia G. miocaenicus (190929)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Hungary G. miocaenicus (152567 152569 152605 152606 152607 152613)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria G. miocaenicus (152564)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Spain G. miocenicus (194951 194952) G. sp., G. miocenicus (194950)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain G. sp. (71910)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Algeria G. sp. (152661 152670)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan G. angularis, G. radiata (190821)
Piacenzian - Calabrian3.6 - 0.774Italy Stenosarina sphenoidea, Eurysina minor (187733)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greece G. sp. (153688 153689 153690 153691)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy G. minor (187528) G. sphenoideus (187487 187489 187492 187493 187494 187495 187497 187511 187520 187521 187522 187523 187524 187525) Stenosarina sphenoidea (187745)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Japan G. kurotakiensis (233102)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Japan (Okinawa) G. sp. (42237)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy G. minor (187569)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy G. minor (187564 187566 187567 187568 187734) G. sp. (187516) G. sphenoideus (187488)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Japan G. angularis (190822)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Japan (Okinawa) G. hanzawai (190242)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) G. hanzawai (42305 190216 190218 190222 190227 190261 190265)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan G. hanzawai (190826)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy G. vitreus (49518)