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Orbirhynchia wilmingtonensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae

Taxonomy
Orbirhynchia wilmingtonensis was named by Owen (1988). Its type specimen is BB82132, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is White Hart Sandpit, Wilmington, which is in a Cenomanian shoreface sandstone in the Beer Head Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Orbirhynchia wilmingtonensis Owen p. 102 figs. 14; Pl. 4, Fig. 13-18

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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
specieswilmingtonensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height128.576.6010.58.901.10

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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Orbirhynchia wilmingtonensis (type locality: 153947)