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Sakawairhynchia mokauensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Taxonomy
Sakawairhynchia mokauensis was named by MacFarlan (1992). Its type specimen is JDC C1167, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is JDC 1091, Awakino Gorge (R18/f6562), which is in an Otapirian marine siltstone/sandstone in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Sakawairhynchia mokauensis MacFarlan p. 126 figs. Pl 12, figs 10-17; text-figs 9.5j-k
2012Sakawairhynchia mokauensis ManceƱido p. 333 figs. Pl 2, figs 6a-c

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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
speciesmokauensis

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 mokauensis MacFarlan 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height45.672.408.607.202.91

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 Otapirian to the top of the Hettangian or 205.60000 to 199.30000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3New Zealand Sakawairhynchia mokauensis (50760)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Argentina (Mendoza) Sakawairhynchia mokauensis (132719)
Otapirian205.6 - 201.6New Zealand Sakawairhynchia mokauensis (133995 134020 134187 type locality: 134413 134414)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3New Zealand Sakawairhynchia mokauensis (50761 134180 134201 134202 134277 135187)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8New Zealand Sakawairhynchia mokauensis (50762)