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Rhynchopora taylori

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchopora taylori was named by Girty (1910). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 3511, Cap Rock Mine, Montpelier Canyon, Bear Lake County, which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Phosphoria Formation of Idaho.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. hamburgensis, R. kollari, R. longa, R. perryensis, R. persinuata, R. rowleyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Rhynchopora taylori Girty
1953Rhynchopora taylori Cooper p. 47 figs. Pl 15, figs 1-21
1960Rhynchopora taylori Coogan p. 293 figs. Pl 27, fig 3
1977Rhynchopora taylori Wardlaw figs. Pl 12, figs 121-126

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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
superfamilyRhynchoporoideaMuir-Wood 1955
familyRhynchoporidaeMuir-Wood 1955
subfamilyRhynchoporinaeMuir-Wood 1955
genusRhynchoporaKing 1865
speciestaylori

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.

†Rhynchopora taylori Girty 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height79.437.6011.89.301.68

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 Leonardian to the top of the Capitanian or 286.00000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Rhynchopora taylori (150838)
Leonardian286.0 - 273.01USA (Idaho) Rhynchopora taylori (11286)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Idaho) Rhynchopora taylori (11285 type locality: 88260)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Mexico (Coahuila) Rhynchopora taylori (63057 133173 150138)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Rhynchopora taylori (113197 113209 149786 149827 150107 150252)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28USA (California) Rhynchopora taylori (105665 105667)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Mexico (Sonora) Rhynchopora taylori (40811 40813 40815 40816 40818 40823 40830 40831 40834 40839 40844)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Mexico (Coahuila) Rhynchopora taylori (62921)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Nevada) Rhynchopora taylori (39764)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17USA (Nevada) Rhynchopora taylori (39524)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17USA (California) Rhynchopora taylori (108997 108998 109000)