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Glyptorhynchia lens

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Taxonomy
Glyptorhynchia lens was named by Shen and He (1994). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wenjiangsi Section, Bed 45, Guiding County, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone/mudstone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Glyptorhynchia lens Shen and He p. 449 figs. Pl 2, figs 31-35
2007Glyptorhynchia lens Shen and Shi p. 52 figs. Pl 20, figs 9-31; text-fig 15

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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
subfamilyUncinunellininaeSavage 1996
genusGlyptorhynchia
specieslens

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.

Glyptorhynchia lens Shen and He 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height107.636.0013.76.802.38
valve height27.146.707.607.150.636

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: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Tajikistan Uncinunellina timorensis (109466 109470 109471 109474 109477)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Hunan) Glyptorhynchia lens (138548 138550)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Glyptorhynchia lens (type locality: 117481)