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Orthotetes

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Orthothetes Clarke p. 51
1988Pseudoorthotetes Smith and Xu p. 102
2000Orthotetes Williams et al. p. 649
2002Orthotetes Sepkoski
2002Orthotetoides Sepkoski

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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
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
superfamilyOrthotetoidea
familyOrthotetidae
genusOrthotetes

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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Orthotetes abruptus Liang 1990
Orthotetes afanasjevae Manankov 2004
Orthotetes bisulcatus Waterhouse 1966
Orthotetes canadensis Shi and Waterhouse 1996
Orthotetes guppyi Thomas 1958
Orthotetes jugorica Ustritsky 1960
Orthotetes kaskaskiensis McChesney 1860
Orthotetes keokuk Hall 1858
Orthotetes kraffti Diener 1903
Orthotetes picta Fang 1983
Orthotetes plana Ivanov 1926
Orthotetes simensis Tschernyschew 1902
Orthotetes sulcus Branson 1930
Orthotetes sulensis Kalashnikov 1993
Orthotetes trigonalis Lee and Gu 1980
Orthothetes crenistria Phillips 1836
Invalid names: Orthotetoides [synonym], Pseudoorthotetes [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-15 05:25:57
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:25:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Homerian to the top of the Changhsingian or 430.50000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (278 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Sweden (Gotland) Orthothetes adnata (13599)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (New York) O. sp. (517)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Canada (New Brunswick) O. sp. (593)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Quebec) O. sp. (608)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Italy Orthothetes umbraculum (26253)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9United Kingdom (England) Orthothetes hipponyx (38391)
Late/Upper Devonian382.7 - 358.9USA (Alaska) O. chemungensis (112155)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (Indiana) Orthothetes sp. (74997)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Orthothetes wunstorfi (38325 38327)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Indiana) O. sp. (6997)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Montana) O. sp. (545 7315)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) O. australis (46872)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Arizona) O. kaskaskiensis (124289)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Utah) O. sp. (12344)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Colorado) O. sp., O. inequalis (10405)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Indiana) O. keokuk (224222 224225 224227 224228 224229)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Alaska) O. sp. (112171 112172 112174 112175)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (California) O. sp. (10241) Streptorhynchus crenistria (214521)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (California) O. sp. (12345)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Arizona) O. kaskaskiensis (124288) O. sp., O. keokuk (124253) O. subglobosus, O. kaskaskiensis (124254)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Indiana) O. keokuk (6753 6787 6836)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Indiana) O. keokuk (559 567 6673 6676 6735 6746 6783 6827 6843) O. sp. (2455)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0China (Xinjiang) O. subglobosus (50254)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0China (Xinjiang) O. australis, O. protensus (50251)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0Germany O. ambigua (64674)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) O. keokuk (8111 8114 8115 8119 8120 8121 8132) O. sp. (556 558)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Australia (New South Wales) O. australis (46880 46882 46895 46896 46908 46916 46924 46926 46930 46933 46935 46937 46941 58136 58142 58143 58145 58147)
Visean - Serpukhovian346.7 - 323.2China (Qinghai) Pseudorthotetes borodencovensis (68635)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5Canada (Yukon) O. sp. (569)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Nevada) O. kaskaskiensis (62729 62735)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Idaho) O. kaskaskiensis (12813 12814 12836) O. sp. (12810 12815 12817 12818)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Kentucky) O. sp. (2779 2780 2822 2831)
Meramecian - Chesterian343.0 - 323.2USA (Idaho) O. kaskaskiensis (12901)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Australia (New South Wales) O. australis (8221)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9USA (Alabama) O. sp. (6744 6747 6751 6754 6755 6757 6759 6761 6763 6764 6765 6766 6769 6773 6780 6790 6791 6792 6793 6794 6795 6797 6798 6799 6800 6801 6803 6804 6805 6806 6807 6808 6809 6811 6812 6823 6831 6835 6837 6841 6844 6845 6846 6847 6848)
Brigantian - Pendleian336.0 - 327.0USA (Pennsylvania) O. sp. (2774)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Oklahoma) O. sp. (12786 12787 12789 79851 79853 79854 79862 79865 79867 79868)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Virginia) O. sp. (7035 7084 7086)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Indiana) O. kaskaskiensis (6886 6887 6888 6894)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Arkansas) O. sp. (79816 79817 79818 79819 79820 79821 79822 79826 79832)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Arizona) O. kaskaskiensis (124256)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2Canada (Alberta) O. kaskaskiensis (62329 62380)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Iowa) O. kaskaskiensis (3296) O. sp. (3294)
Chesterian - Alportian335.5 - 321.8USA (Wyoming) O. kaskaskiensis (5693 5698 5717 5720 5722)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Indiana) O. kaskaskiensis (6924 6930 6944 6945 6962)
Late/Upper Mississippian330.9 - 323.2USA (Idaho) O. kaskaskiensis (184610)
Late/Upper Mississippian330.9 - 323.2USA (Alaska) O. keokuk (112170) O. sp. (112179)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Oklahoma) O. springerensis, O. kaskaskiensis (5611)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Montana) O. sp. (5642 5644 5651)
Namurian330.9 - 318.7Egypt O. subglobosus (46987)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Arizona) O. sp. (42697 42712 42713)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Nevada) O. occidentalis (141798) O. sp., O. occidentalis (144019)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Wyoming) O. sp. (5726 5727)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Ukraine O. sp. (228672)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.2 - 315.2USA (California) O. sp. (229444)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.2 - 315.2USA (Nevada) O. sp. (229426 229428)
Morrowan - Atokan323.2 - 312.8USA (Nevada) O. sp. (144020)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Utah) O. sp., O. kaskaskiensis (12780)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Alaska) O. crenistria (111917)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Egypt Streptorhynchus crenistria (46988)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Egypt (Janub Sina) Streptorhynchus crenistria (46635)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Nevada) O. sp. (144021 144022)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0South Korea O. sp. (128281)
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9China (Xinjiang) O. sp. (50237)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Orthothetes sp. (237740)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) Orthothetes sp. (237764)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) O. mutabilis (149716)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Guangxi) O. plana (134310)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Guizhou) O. huagongensis (111943)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) O. mutabilis (121455)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Bhutan O. sp. (195024)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Mongolia O. afanasjevae (81140)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (Yukon) O. canadensis (117681 117684 117702 117718 117729 117733 117737 117752 117758)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) O. crenistria (101221 131548)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) O. mutabilis (149775 150188)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Canada (Yukon) O. canadensis (117706 117716 117743 117746 117747)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Russian Federation O. sulensis (110103)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Peru (Amazonas) O. sp. (41340)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Guizhou) O. huagongensis (111965)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Mongolia O. afanasjevae (51571) O. jugorica (116276)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (Western Australia) Permorthotetes guppyi (84721 84725 84851 84862)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3Mongolia O. jugorica (116285)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Guangxi) O. sp. (134345)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation (Nenets Autonomous Okrug) O. jugorica (126198 126199 126200)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Australia (Western Australia) O. crenistria (106707) Permorthotetes guppyi (84727 84728 84729 84853 85328)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Mongolia O. jugorica (116251 116274)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) O. sp. a (108803)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (Western Australia) Permorthotetes guppyi (84603 84604)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Nei Mongol) O. sp. (109180 109213)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Laos Orthothetes crenistria (125044)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Heilongjiang) O. trigonalis (61877)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Malaysia O. picta (40415) O. sp. (105035)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Hunan) O. sp. (100085)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Zhejiang) O. abruptus (111933) O. sp. 2, O. sp. 3 (111932)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Indonesia Streptorhynchus crenistria (132776 132787)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Nepal O. bisulcatus (43114 43123 43128)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Streptorhynchus crenistria (90253)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17USA (Wyoming) O. sulcus (236341)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17India O. kraffti (230328)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Nepal O. bisulcatus (43254 43261 120443)