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Cenorhynchia pentagonalis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Taxonomy
Cenorhynchia pentagonalis was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 152814a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM706c, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Cenorhynchia pentagonalis Cooper and Grant p. 1992 figs. Pl 520, figs 1-10,49

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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
superfamilyWellerelloideaLicharew 1956
familyWellerellidaeLicharew 1956
subfamilyWellerellinaeLicharew 1956
genusCenorhynchia
speciespentagonalis

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.

Cenorhynchia pentagonalis Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height16.80

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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Roadian or 272.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Cenorhynchia pentagonalis (type locality: 43551)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28USA (Texas) Cenorhynchia pentagonalis (106053)