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Rhynchopora bicostata

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchopora bicostata was named by Cooper (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 115481 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM806r, Cerros de los Monos, El Antimonio, Sonora, which is in a Wordian marine limestone in the Antimonio Formation of Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Rhynchopora bicostata Cooper p. 49 figs. Pl 15, figs 22-26

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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
speciesbicostata

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 bicostata Cooper 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height110.4

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: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Mexico (Sonora) Rhynchopora bicostata (type locality: 40839)