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Grandirhynchia grandis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Grandirhynchia grandis was named by Buckman (1917). Its type specimen is G.S. Edin. 2580 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Main Mine cutting, Isle of Raasay, which is in a Spinatum marine sandstone in the Scalpa Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Grandirhynchia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. elli
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2014-07-29; modified by M. Manojlovic on 2015-07-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Grandirhynchia grandis Buckman pp. 40, 228 figs. Pl 13, figs 5a,b
1918Grandirhynchia grandis Buckman pp. 40, 228 figs. Pl 13, figs 5a,b
1956Grandirhynchia grandis Ager p. 20 figs. Pl 2, figs 3a-d,4a-c; text-figs 12-14

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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
genusGrandirhynchia
speciesgrandis

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.

†Grandirhynchia grandis Buckman 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height130.4

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: Spinatum or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Grandirhynchia grandis (28849)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Grandirhynchia grandis (159224)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Grandirhynchia grandis (159221)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) Grandirhynchia grandis (28844)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Grandirhynchia grandis (159223)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom Grandirhynchia grandis (type locality: 38105 38106 159219 159220 218423)