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Rhynchopora culta

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchopora culta was named by Waterhouse (1982) [Holotype at Thai Geological Survey Division]. Its type specimen is TBR 504, a valve (Ventral valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Ko Muk Island, Collection 5, which is in an Asselian marine mudstone in the Lower Formation of Thailand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Rhynchopora culta Waterhouse p. 345 figs. Pl 2, figs 6-11
1991Rhynchopora culta Shi and Waterhouse p. 34 figs. 3.3-3.4
1997Rhynchopora culta Mohd Shafeea Leman fig. 5H
2001Rhynchopora culta Shi et al. figs. Pl 2, fig 14
2003Rhynchopora culta Mohd Shafeea Leman fig. 4S

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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
speciesculta

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 culta Waterhouse 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Asselian to the top of the Artinskian or 298.90000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Thailand Rhynchopora culta (40148 40149 40150 40151 type locality: 40152 40153 40156)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Malaysia Rhynchopora culta (82630 117676 221708 221709)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Thailand Rhynchopora culta (117767)