Tainuirhynchia waingaroensis MacFarlan 1992 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Full reference: D. A. B. MacFarlan. 1992. Triassic and Jurassic Rhynchonellacea (Brachiopoda) from New Zealand and New Caledonia. Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 31:1-310

Belongs to Tainuirhynchia according to D. A. B. MacFarlan 1992

Sister taxon: Tainuirhynchia tainuii

Type specimen: NZGS BR 2290, a shell. Its type locality is GS 9241, Waingaro Valley (R14/f6676), which is in a Toarcian/Bathonian marine horizon in the Ohautira Conglomerate Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Temaikan of New Zealand (3 collections)

• Jurassic of New Zealand (9)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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