Source Data | |
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Rank | species (PBDB) |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Platystrophiidae : Platystrophia : Orthis (Platystrophia) cypha |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Orthis (Platystrophia) cypha | species | belongs to Orthis (Platystrophia) | stated with evidence | James, 1874 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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Motility | stationary, attached (based on Platystrophia) |
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Vision | blind (based on Rhynchonellata) |
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Diet | suspension feeder (based on Platystrophia) |
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Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | U. P. James. 1874. Descriptions of new species of Brachiopoda, from the Lower Silurian formation, Cincinnati Group. The Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science 1:333-335 |
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James U. P. Descriptions of new species of Brachiopoda, from the Lower Silurian formation, Cincinnati Group, The Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science 1, 333-335 |
Foerste A. F. (1910) Preliminary notes on Cincinnatian and Lexington fossils of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee, Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 16 1, 17-100 |
Alberstadt L. P. (1979) The brachiopod genus Platystrophia, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066 B, B1-B20 |
Zuykov M. A., Harper D. A. T. (2007) Platystrophia (Orthida) and new related Ordovician and Early Silurian brachiopod genera, Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 56, 11-34 |