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Somalirhynchia

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Somalirhynchia was named by Weir (1925) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bajo J Kimm-u Sepkoski's reference number: 59,877]. It is not extant. Its type is Somalirhynchia africana.

It was assigned to Tetrarhynchiinae by Williams et al. (2002); and to Rhynchonellida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Somalirhynchia Weir p. 79
2002Somalirhynchia Sepkoski
2002Somalirhynchia Williams et al. p. 1354

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyHemithiridoideaRzhonsnitskaya 1956
familyTetrarhynchiidaeAger 1965
subfamilyTetrarhynchiinaeAger 1965
genusSomalirhynchiaWeir 1925

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.

G. †Somalirhynchia Weir 1925
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†Somalirhynchia arabica Cooper 1989
†Somalirhynchia bihenensis Muir-Wood 1935
†Somalirhynchia jordanica Noetling 1887
†Somalirhynchia somalica Dacque 1905
†Somalirhynchia sutherlandi Davidson 1873
†Somalirhynchia tumida Muir-Wood 1935
Invalid names: Somalirhynchia africana mesoloba Muir-Wood 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height1419.615.923.219.22.18
shell height1318.26.6027.018.74.78

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 Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 168.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (135 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Bajocian168.2 - 168.2Somalia S. africana (161817)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia S. somalica (98768)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) S. africana (2600) S. arabica (2601 2603 2610) S. somalica, S. arabica (2607 2608) S. sp. (2562 2599) S. sp., S. africana (2560 2604) S. sp., S. africana, S. somalica, S. arabica (2605) S. subcircularis, S. arabica (2588)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Ethiopia S. somalica (94494)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Somalia S. africana (100379 161482)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia S. sp., S. bihenensis, S. somalica, S. jordanica, S. smelliei (36660) S. sp., S. smelliei (36662)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India S. africana (68089 68091 68093)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia S. arabica (98755) S. prearabica (98800) S. somalica (98680 98681 98682 98802 99080) S. somalica, S. arabica (99084)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Egypt S. africana, S. bihenensis (99801) S. bihenensis (99800)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Israel S. africana (59834 59840)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Israel S. africana (59833)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia S. africana, S. jordanica, S. smelliei (13612) S. bihiensis (13665) S. smelliei (13660 13677)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Ethiopia (Afar) S. sp., S. somalica (92924)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Ethiopia S. sp. (93798)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia S. africana (13900 13902 13951) S. africana, S. smelliei (13871) S. bihenesis, S. africana (13795) S. smelliei (13901 13903 13905)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Somalia S. africana (92962 93013 93021) S. africana, S. bihendulensis, S. bihenensis, S. somalica (93020) S. africana, S. bihendulensis, S. tumida (93014) S. bihenensis (92990) S. bihenensis, S. somalica (92991) S. tumida (93015 93017)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Eritrea S. sp., S. africana, S. bihendulensis, S. bihenensis, S. smelliei (92925)
Callovian - Kimmeridgian165.3 - 149.2Tunisia S. africana, S. bihenensis, S. somalica, S. jordanica, S. smelliei (99126) S. sp. (99125) S. sp., S. smelliei (99124)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Ethiopia Rhynchonella somalica (93479)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia S. africana (45982 46053 46290 46296 46304 46305 46309) S. africana, S. somalica (45562 46056 46061) S. africana, S. somalica, S. arabica (98844) S. arabica (98720 98744 98801) S. somalica (45818 98684) S. somalica, S. arabica (98731)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Yemen (Wadi Hajar) S. africana, S. somalica, S. arabica (2556) S. arabica (2595) S. somalica (2557) S. somaliensis, S. africana, S. bihendulensis (2593) S. sp., S. africana, S. smelliei, S. arabica (2597) S. sp., S. smelliei, S. arabica (2596)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Ethiopia Rhynchonella africana (93487) Rhynchonella somalica (93489 93493) S. somalica (94495)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Somalia S. africana (159959 159960) S. africana, S. bihendulensis (93000) S. sp. (93002)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France S. moeschi (152944 152945 152946 152947 152948 158176)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Kenya S. africana (99842)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Yemen (Wadi Hajar) S. arabica (2586)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Yemen Rhynchonella moravica (94504)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Kenya S. africana (99839)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Ethiopia S. africana (94572 94574)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Eritrea S. africana, S. jordanica, S. smelliei (94567) S. africana, S. smelliei (94568) S. smelliei (94575)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France S. moeschi (13113 158178)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Switzerland (Jura) S. moeschi (207863)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Ethiopia Rhynchonella moravica (94586) S. africana (93856 93860 93863) S. sp. (93853 93861 93862 93864 93871) S. sp., S. africana (93029 93031 93032 93206 93858 93859)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Kenya S. africana, S. stefaninii (161802 161815)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2United Kingdom S. sutherlandi (158163 158167 158168)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Kenya S. stefaninii (161811)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Ethiopia S. africana (159958)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) S. sp. (35262)