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Kutchithyris marokopaensis

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae

Taxonomy
Kutchithyris marokopaensis was named by MacFarlan (2016). Its type specimen is McF 10M2/3, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is McF 10M2, Marokopa Valley road quarry (R16/f0428), which is in a Bajocian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. jumaraensis, K. jumarensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Kutchithyris marokopaensis MacFarlan p. 478 figs. 8.1-8.10

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyLoboidothyridoideaMakridin 1964
familyPostepithyrididae
genusKutchithyris
speciesmarokopaensis

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.

†Kutchithyris marokopaensis MacFarlan 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height212.211.213.212.21.41

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:50:59
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:50:59
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Bathonian or 170.90000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2New Caledonia Kutchithyris marokopaensis (133821)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2New Zealand Kutchithyris marokopaensis (134228 type locality: 182710 182711 182713 182756)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3New Zealand Kutchithyris marokopaensis (133870 182755)