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Sakawairhynchia marokopana

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Taxonomy
Sakawairhynchia marokopana was named by MacFarlan (1992). Its type specimen is AU B158, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AU 4210, south of Marokopa (R16/f8825), which is in an Otapirian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Sakawairhynchia marokopana MacFarlan p. 114 figs. Pl 10, figs 1-20; pl 11, figs 1-15; text-figs 9.5a-e, 9.6
2012Sakawairhynchia marokopana ManceƱido p. 332 figs. Pl 2, figs 3a-5d

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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
superfamilyRhynchonelloidead'Orbigny 1847
familyRhynchonellidaeGray 1848
subfamilyPiarorhynchiinaeShi and Grant 1993
genusSakawairhynchia
speciesmarokopana

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.

Sakawairhynchia marokopana MacFarlan 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2711.35.9018.212.02.97

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 Otamitan to the top of the Hettangian or 221.50000 to 199.30000 Ma

Collections (135 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Otamitan221.5 - 212.0New Zealand Sakawairhynchia marokopana (135153)
Warepan212.0 - 205.6New Caledonia Sakawairhynchia marokopana (133771)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Argentina (Mendoza) Sakawairhynchia marokopana (132708 132713)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3New Zealand Sakawairhynchia marokopana (50759 50760)
Otapirian205.6 - 201.6New Zealand Sakawairhynchia marokopana (85017 133929 133930 133931 133965 133968 133980 133981 133982 133983 133984 133985 133986 134021 134022 134023 134024 134025 134026 134027 134028 134029 134084 134085 134096 134097 134099 134100 134106 134128 134129 134130 134134 134149 134151 134152 134154 134157 134161 134166 134168 134179 134184 134185 134186 134191 134194 134195 134196 134197 134199 134200 134212 type locality: 134215 134216 134220 134222 134223 134227 134231 134232 134233 134235 134238 134241 134260 134371 134372 134388 134399 134400 134410 134412 134414 134415 134417 134418 134421 134966 134977 135001 135009 135013 135018 135047 135048 135049 135065 135071 135080 135081 135082 135084 135097 135108 135117 135131 135169 135207 135276 135286 135302 135303 135305)
Otapirian205.6 - 201.6New Caledonia Sakawairhynchia marokopana (133774 133775 133776 133777 133787 133796 133798 133839)
Otapirian - Hettangian205.6 - 199.3New Zealand Sakawairhynchia marokopana (134193)
Aratauran201.4 - 188.9New Zealand Rhynchonella sp. (63821)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3New Zealand Sakawairhynchia marokopana (50761 133927 133987 133988 134007 134018 134019 134188 134190 134192 134236 134277 135160 135186)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3New Zealand (Waikato) Sakawairhynchia marokopana (234342)