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Cryptorhynchia pulcherrima

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Erymnariidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchonella pulcherrima was named by Kitchin (1900). It is the type species of Cryptorhynchia.

It was recombined as Cryptorhynchia pulcherrima by Buckman (1917), Buckman (1918) and Shi and Grant (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Rhynchonella pulcherrima Kitchin
1900Rhynchonella pulcherrima Kitchin p. 52 figs. Pl. 11, Fig. 1-9, 16
1917Cryptorhynchia pulcherrima Buckman p. 66 figs. Pl. 19, Fig. 8
1918Cryptorhynchia pulcherrima Buckman
1993Cryptorhynchia pulcherrima Shi and Grant p. 140 figs. 83, Pl. 13: Fig. 13-18, Pl. 16, Fig. 3-6

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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
superfamilyPugnacoideaRzhonsnitskaia 1956
familyErymnariidae
subfamilyCryptorhynchiinae
genusCryptorhynchia
speciespulcherrima(Kitchin 1900)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height66.916.108.006.850.846

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 Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Callovian or 167.70000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1India Cryptorhynchia pulcherrima (171338)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India Cryptorhynchia pulcherrima (63214 63215 63220 63222 63228 63230)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Gujarat) Cryptorhynchia pulcherrima (93561)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India Cryptorhynchia pulcherrima (160095)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2India Cryptorhynchia pulcherrima (61816)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar Rhynchonella pulcherrima (98155)