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Pycnoria magna

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Pycnoria magna was named by Cooper (1989). It is not extant. Its type locality is Ash Shib, S1444, which is in a Callovian shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Pycnoria magna Cooper
2012Pycnoria magna Feldman et al. p. 200 figs. 3f, 6

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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
genusPycnoria
speciesmagna

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.

†Pycnoria magna Cooper 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height515.613.216.716.11.39
shell height817.315.219.217.61.45

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: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Callovian or 168.20000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Pycnoria magna (98717 98841 98842 98892 135817)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Jordan Pycnoria magna (35744)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Israel Pycnoria magna (160065)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Egypt Pycnoria magna (160066)
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Pycnoria magna (135819)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Jordan Pycnoria magna (35742)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Pycnoria magna (type locality: 98751 98843)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Israel Pycnoria magna (160069)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Jordan Pycnoria magna (153661 153662 231872)