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Rhynchopora tenera

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchopora tenera was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 154415b, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM706d, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Rhynchopora tenera Cooper and Grant p. 2665 figs. Pl 697, figs 64-72

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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
superfamilyRhynchoporoideaMuir-Wood 1955
familyRhynchoporidaeMuir-Wood 1955
subfamilyRhynchoporinaeMuir-Wood 1955
genusRhynchoporaKing 1865
speciestenera

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.

Rhynchopora tenera Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height211.19.0013.711.33.32

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 274.40000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Rhynchopora tenera (105726)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Rhynchopora tenera (type locality: 43552 105764 105821 106290)