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Somalirhynchia arabica

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Somalirhynchia arabica was named by Cooper (1989). It is not extant. Its type locality is KK10, Wadi al Furayshah, which is in an Oxfordian shallow subtidal limestone in the Hanifa Formation of Saudi Arabia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Somalirhynchia arabica Cooper

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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
superfamilyHemithiridoideaRzhonsnitskaya 1956
familyTetrarhynchiidaeAger 1965
subfamilyTetrarhynchiinaeAger 1965
genusSomalirhynchiaWeir 1925
speciesarabica

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.

†Somalirhynchia arabica Cooper 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height916.56.6022.018.04.43

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 Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 166.10000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia Somalirhynchia arabica (98755 99084)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Somalirhynchia arabica (2588 2601 2603 2605 2607 2608 2610)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Somalirhynchia arabica (2556 2595 2596 2597)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Saudi Arabia Somalirhynchia arabica (98720 98731 98744 98801 type locality: 98844)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Somalirhynchia arabica (2586)