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Gibbirhynchia gibbosa

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Gibbirhynchia gibbosa was named by Buckman (1917). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is South Petherton (BGS collection), which is in a Spinatum carbonate limestone in the Marlstone Rock-bed Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Gibbirhynchia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Gibbirhynchia gibbosa Buckman p. 43 figs. Pl 13, fig 7
1918Gibbirhynchia gibbosa Buckman p. 43 figs. Pl 13, fig 7
1954Gibbirhynchia gibbosa Ager p. 36 figs. Pl 1, figs 1a-c
1962Gibbirhynchia gibbosa Ager p. 92 figs. Pl8, fig 6; text-fig 53
1993Gibbirhynchia gibbosa Shi and Grant p. 111 figs. Pl. 2, Fig. 3-7

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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
superfamilyHemithiridoideaRzhonsnitskaya 1956
familyTetrarhynchiidaeAger 1965
subfamilyGibbirhynchiinae
genusGibbirhynchia
speciesgibbosa

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.

Gibbirhynchia gibbosa Buckman 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height111.1

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 Late/Upper Pliensbachian to the top of the Toarcian or 192.90000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Gibbirhynchia gibbosa (28849)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) Gibbirhynchia gibbosa (28839 28842 28844 28845 28847)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Spain Gibbirhynchia gibbosa (119193 119215 119216 119217)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Somerset) Gibbirhynchia gibbosa (38099 type locality: 138187)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Northamptonshire) Gibbirhynchia gibbosa (138189)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom Gibbirhynchia gibbosa (38105)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Gibbirhynchia gibbosa (138188)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Spain (Asturias) Gibbirhynchia gibbosa (101671 101673 101674 101675)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Israel Gibbirhynchia gibbosa (159698)