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Quadratirhynchia quadrata

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Quadratirhynchia quadrata was named by Buckman (1917). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yeovil (BGS collection), which is in a Spinatum carbonate limestone in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Quadratirhynchia.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Quadratirhynchia quadrata Buckman p. 42 figs. Pl 13 fig 1
1917Quadratirhynchia sphaeroidalis Buckman p. 228 figs. Pl 13, fig 2
1956Quadratirhynchia quadrata Ager p. 14 figs. Pl 2, figs 1a-d; text-figs 10,11
2000Quadratirhynchia quadrata Alméras and Fauré p. 161 figs. Pl 16, figs 14-19; text-fig 32; suppl. fig. 53
2007Quadratirhynchia quadrata Alméras et al. p. 82 figs. Pl 5, fig 9

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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
subfamilyTetrarhynchiinaeAger 1965
genusQuadratirhynchia
speciesquadrata

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.

Quadratirhynchia quadrata Buckman 1917
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Invalid names: Quadratirhynchia sphaeroidalis Buckman 1917 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height818.19.7027.317.96.02

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: Margaritatus or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) Quadratirhynchia quadrata (28839 28842 28844 28845 28847)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2France Quadratirhynchia quadrata (140905 160220)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2France Quadratirhynchia quadrata (29164 29165 29166 29167 29168 29169 29170 29171 29172 29173 29174 29176 29177)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2France Quadratirhynchia quadrata (124120 160221 160223 160225 160234 160240 160241 160242 160243 160245 160256 160866)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom Quadratirhynchia sphaeroidalis (170922)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) Quadratirhynchia quadrata (38103)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Spain (Aragon) Quadratirhynchia quadrata (98420 146763 146769 146779)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Somerset) Quadratirhynchia quadrata (38099 type locality: 38102)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Spain Quadratirhynchia quadrata (119144 119145 119153 119218 119219 119225 160302 160307 161004 161005 161006 161007)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Spain (Asturias) Quadratirhynchia quadrata (101676 101677 110352)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian192.9 - 182.9Bulgaria Quadratirhynchia quadrata (106909 106910)