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Lissorhynchia pygmaea

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae

Taxonomy
Lissorhynchia pygmaea was named by Yang and Xu (1966). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sizishan KC274a, Qingyan, which is in an Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Qingyan Formation of China. It is the type species of Lissorhynchia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Lissorhynchia pygmaea Yang and Xu p. 14 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2; text-figs 2-4
1978Lissorhynchia pygmaea Feng and Jiang p. 273 figs. Pl 101, fig 7

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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
familyPontisiidaeCooper and Grant 1976
subfamilyPontisiinaeCooper and Grant 1976
genusLissorhynchia
speciespygmaea

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.

Lissorhynchia pygmaea Yang and Xu 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height103.472.704.103.500.474

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: Illyrian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Lissorhynchia pygmaea (type locality: 108173)