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Pugnax morahensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae

Taxonomy

Rhynchonella morahensis was named by Waagen (1883). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Morah, Middle Productus-limestone, Salt Range (Wynne coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Pugnax morahensis by Reed (1944).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. accuminatus, P. acuminata, P. acuminatus, P. acuminatus, P. acuminatus, P. anisodonta, P. codiformis, P. cordiformis, P. cordiformis, P. dawsonianus, P. dawsonianus, P. ephippioides, P. julii, P. lummatoensis, P. mesogonia, P. minutus, P. oepiki, P. platiloba, P. platilobus, P. platylobus, P. plicatilis, P. preacuminatus, P. pseudopugnus, P. pugnoides, P. rara, P. reniformis, P. scupini, P. sulcatus, P. tensa, P. triplex, P. uta, P. voroni, P. weeksi, P. saxatilis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1883	Rhynchonella morahensis Waagen p. 433 figs. Pl 34, fig 5
1944	Pugnax morahensis Reed

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Rhynchonellida	Kuhn 1949
superfamily	Pugnacoidea	Rzhonsnitskaia 1956
family	Pugnacidae	Rzonsnitzkaja 1956
genus	Pugnax
species	morahensis	()

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.

†Pugnax morahensis Waagen 1883

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean
shell height	1	6.00

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: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	Pakistan	Pugnax morahensis (125895 125901 126007) Rhynchonella morahensis (type locality: 119541 119850)