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Himalairhynchia media

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Taxonomy
Himalairhynchia media was named by Jin and Sun (1976). Its type specimen is NIGP 28746 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tulong JSB39, Nyalam County, which is in a Lacian marine horizon in the Yazhi Formation of China. It is the type species of Himalairhynchia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Himalairhynchia media Jin and Sun p. 293 figs. Pl 2, figs 28-39; pl 3, figs 1-17; text-fig 7

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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
superfamilyRhynchonelloidead'Orbigny 1847
familyRhynchonellidaeGray 1848
subfamilyIvanoviellinae
genusHimalairhynchia
speciesmedia

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.

Himalairhynchia media Jin and Sun 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height66.045.407.205.700.808

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: Lacian or 227.30000 to 215.38000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian227.3 - 215.38China (Xizang) Himalairhynchia media (110216 type locality: 110227 110228 110229)