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Orbirhynchia multicostata

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae

Taxonomy
Orbirhynchia multicostata was named by Pettitt (1954). Its type specimen is BGS, GSM 92642-3 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Betchworth, which is in a Turonian carbonate chalk in the Holywell Nodular Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. herberti
Entered
by M. Manojlovic (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2014-01-18; modified by M. Manojlovic on 2015-07-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Orbirhynchia multicostata Pettitt p. 38 figs. Pl. 3, Fig. 20a-b
1988Orbirhynchia multicostata Owen p. 99 figs. Pl. 4, Fig. 34-42

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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
superfamilyPugnacoideaRzhonsnitskaia 1956
familyBasiliolidae
subfamilyPamirorhynchiinaeOvcharenko 1983
genusOrbirhynchia
speciesmulticostata

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.

†Orbirhynchia multicostata Pettitt 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height211.010.012.011.01.41

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: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Orbirhynchia multicostata (4071 4072)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Orbirhynchia multicostata (type locality: 159617 159618 159619 159620 159621)