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Rhactorhynchia diffusa

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Rhactorhynchia diffusa was named by Buckman (1917). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wyke, which is in a Garantiana marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. faecunda

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Rhactorhynchia diffusa Buckman p. 224 figs. Pl. 14, Fig. 13

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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
subfamilyKallirhynchiinae
genusRhactorhynchia
speciesdiffusa

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.

†Rhactorhynchia diffusa Buckman 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Garantiana or 171.60000 to 167.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Garantiana171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (England) Rhactorhynchia diffusa (type locality: 171011)