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Somalirhynchia somalica

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchonella somalica was named by Dacque (1905). Its type locality is Mt. Hakim, upper level, which is in an Oxfordian shallow subtidal limestone in Ethiopia.

It was recombined as Somalirhynchia somalica by Weir (1925).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Rhynchonella somalica Dacque
1925Somalirhynchia somalica Weir

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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
superfamilyHemithiridoideaRzhonsnitskaya 1956
familyTetrarhynchiidaeAger 1965
subfamilyTetrarhynchiinaeAger 1965
genusSomalirhynchiaWeir 1925
speciessomalica()

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.

†Somalirhynchia somalica Dacque 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Bathonian to the top of the Oxfordian or 168.20000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Somalirhynchia somalica (98768)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Somalirhynchia somalica (2605 2607 2608)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Ethiopia Somalirhynchia somalica (94494)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Somalirhynchia somalica (36660)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Somalirhynchia somalica (98680 98681 98682 98802 99080 99084)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Somalia Somalirhynchia somalica (92991 93020)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Ethiopia (Afar) Somalirhynchia somalica (92924)
Callovian - Kimmeridgian165.3 - 149.2Tunisia Somalirhynchia somalica (99126)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Ethiopia Rhynchonella somalica (93479)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Ethiopia Rhynchonella somalica (93489 type locality: 93493) Somalirhynchia somalica (94495)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia Somalirhynchia somalica (45562 45818 46056 46061 98684 98731 98844)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Somalirhynchia somalica (2556 2557)