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Sharpirhynchia acutiplicata

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Taxonomy
Terebratula acutiplicata was named by Brown (1849). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cheltenham, Upper Trigonia Grit, which is in a Bajocian carbonate grainstone/packstone in the Salperton Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Kallirhynchia acutiplicata by Buckman (1917); it was recombined as Sharpirhynchia acutiplicata by Shi and Grant (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Terebratula acutiplicata Brown p. 138 figs. Pl. 55, Fig. 98-99
1917Kallirhynchia acutiplicata Buckman p. 284 figs. Pl. 15, Fig. 3
1993Sharpirhynchia acutiplicata Shi and Grant p. 49 figs. 32; Pl. 2; Fig. 18, 20-23

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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
superfamilyRhynchonelloidead'Orbigny 1847
familyRhynchonellidaeGray 1848
subfamilyIvanoviellinae
genusSharpirhynchia
speciesacutiplicata(Brown 1849)

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.
height510.47.4012.311.31.96

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 Late/Upper Bajocian or 168.30000 to 167.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Sharpirhynchia acutiplicata (159767 159768 159770) Terebratula acutiplicata (type locality: 159769)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom Kallirhynchia acutiplicata (159956)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1France Sharpirhynchia acutiplicata (135420)