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Heteromychus magnificus

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Septirhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Heteromychus magnificus was named by Cooper (1989). It is not extant. Its type locality is Khashm Hassiya, S1296, which is in a Callovian shallow subtidal limestone in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia. It is the type species of Heteromychus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Heteromychus magnificus Cooper

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyHemithiridoideaRzhonsnitskaya 1956
familySeptirhynchiidaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1951
genusHeteromychus
speciesmagnificus

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.

†Heteromychus magnificus Cooper 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height228.725.033.029.05.66

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: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Callovian or 168.30000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia Heteromychus magnificus (98842)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia Heteromychus magnificus (98722 type locality: 98725 98843)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Saudi Arabia Heteromychus magnificus (141398 141399 141419)