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Chaeniorhynchus inauris

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Taxonomy
Chaeniorhynchus inauris was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 148784a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM702low, Split Tank, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Chaeniorhynchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Chaeniorhynchus inauris Cooper and Grant p. 2000 figs. Pl 507, figs 1-20

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyWellerelloideaLicharew 1956
familyWellerellidaeLicharew 1956
subfamilyStrigirhynchiinaeCooper and Grant 1976
genusChaeniorhynchus
speciesinauris

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.

Chaeniorhynchus inauris Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height36.876.007.407.300.781

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:25
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Chaeniorhynchus inauris (43491 type locality: 43504 101811)