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Cretirhynchia (Homaletarhynchia) postarcuata

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae

Taxonomy
Cretirhynchia (Homaletarhynchia) postarcuata was named by Simon (2005). Its type specimen is NHMM GK 1204, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bissen (62D-771), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in the Gulpen Formation of the Netherlands.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Cretirhynchia (Homaletarhynchia) postarcuata Simon p. 133 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-5; text-figs 3,4

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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
superfamilyPugnacoideaRzhonsnitskaia 1956
familyBasiliolidae
subfamilyAphelesiinae
genusCretirhynchia()
subgenusHomaletarhynchia
speciespostarcuata

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.
shell height68.757.9010.08.500.799

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: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Cretirhynchia postarcuata (170087 170088 type locality: 170089 170090)