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Burmirhynchia elegans

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Burmirhynchia elegans was named by Buckman (1917). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lenglawng (=Lenalawng), which is in a Bathonian carbonate limestone in the Namyau Beds Formation of Myanmar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Burmirhynchia elegans Buckman p. 169 figs. Pl. 7, Fig. 10-11

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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
subfamilyGibbirhynchiinae
genusBurmirhynchia
specieselegans

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.

Burmirhynchia elegans Buckman 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height114.4

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: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Callovian or 168.30000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Myanmar Burmirhynchia elegans (158510 158511 type locality: 158512 162338)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Uzbekistan Burmirhynchia elegans (91828)