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Nerthebrochus sulcata

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Taxonomy
Nerthebrochus sulcata was named by Simon (2005). Its type specimen is NHMM GK 1287, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Slenaken-Kerkdel (62C-15), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in the Gulpen Formation of the Netherlands.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Nerthebrochus sulcata Simon p. 141 figs. Pl 3, figs 2,3; text-fig 6

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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)
familySellithyrididaeMuir - Wood 1965
subfamilyNerthebrochinae
genusNerthebrochus
speciessulcata

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.

Nerthebrochus sulcata Simon 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height38.478.408.508.500.058

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:41:09
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:41:09
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Nerthebrochus sulcata (155388 170087 type locality: 170091)