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Turcutheca ✝
| Description | Turcutheca is a Tommotian (Early Cambrian) genus of shelly fossil whose affinities are uncertain, generally considered as an orthothecid hyolith (which would make it a brachiopod, but also resembling the ellesmeroceratids (early cephalopods). From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turcutheca, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Circothecidae : Turcutheca | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Hyolitha : Orthothecida : Circothecidae : Turcutheca | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Turcutheca Missarzhevskii, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | in Rozanov, Missarzhevskii et al., Trudy Geol. Inst. Leningr. 206 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 530 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 520 - 513 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Hyolitha) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Hyolitha) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Hyolitha) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. Y. Rozanov, V. V. Missarzhevsky, and NA Volkova, LG Voronova, IN Krylov, BM Keller, IK Korolyuk, K. Lendzion, R. Mikhnyar, NG Pykhova, AD Sidorov. 1969. Tommotskiu jarus i problema nizhney granisty kembriya. Trudy Geoligske Institut Leningrad 206:1-379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turcutheca |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Circotheca annae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Circotheca cotuiensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Circotheca rugata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Torellella crasseocochlia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Turcutheca annae ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 13 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 530 Ma Cambrian | |
| Turcutheca cotuiensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 530 Ma Cambrian | |
| Turcutheca crasseocochlia ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 26 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 530 Ma Cambrian | |
| Turcutheca lubrica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 530 Ma Cambrian | |
| Turcutheca maxima ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 541 Ma Cambrian | |
| Turcutheca praelinguis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 530 Ma Cambrian | |
| Turcutheca rugata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 12 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 530 Ma Cambrian | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1969 | Turcutheca Rozanov et al. p. 128 |
| 1983 | Turcutheca Azmi and Pancholi p. 368 |
| 2002 | Turcutheca Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
