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Tetrarhynchia dunrobinensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchonella dunrobinensis was named by Rollier (1917). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North-east of Dunrobin Castle, which is in an Oxynotum marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Tetrarhynchia dunrobinensis by Ager (1956), Ager and Westermann (1963), Ager (1967), Alméras and Fauré (2000), Alméras and Fauré (2007) and Paredes et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Rhynchonella dunrobinensis Rollier p. 86
1956Tetrarhynchia dunrobinensis Ager p. 8 figs. Pl 1, figs 3a-c,4a-c
1963Tetrarhynchia dunrobinensis Ager and Westermann p. 606 figs. Pl 73, figs 1a-c
1967Tetrarhynchia dunrobinensis Ager p. 157 fig. 97
2000Tetrarhynchia dunrobinensis Alméras and Fauré p. 132 figs. Pl 14,fig 1
2007Tetrarhynchia dunrobinensis Alméras and Fauré p. 350
2013Tetrarhynchia dunrobinensis Paredes et al. figs. Pl 1, fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyHemithiridoideaRzhonsnitskaya 1956
familyTetrarhynchiidaeAger 1965
subfamilyTetrarhynchiinaeAger 1965
genusTetrarhynchia
speciesdunrobinensis(Rollier 1917)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height511.47.2017.89.404.95

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 Hettangian to the top of the Jamesoni or 201.30000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Austria Rhynchonella sp. (29115)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Italy Tetrarhynchia dunrobinensis (23868 23871)
Oxynotum196.5 - 189.6Portugal Tetrarhynchia dunrobinensis (159054)
Oxynotum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (Scotland) Rhynchonella dunrobinensis (38094) Tetrarhynchia dunrobinensis (159507)
Raricostatum196.5 - 189.6France Tetrarhynchia dunrobinensis (159076 160878 160879)
Semicostatum196.5 - 189.6Canada (Alberta) Tetrarhynchia dunrobinensis (133090)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian196.5 - 183.0Bulgaria Tetrarhynchia dunrobinensis (106900 106901)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Tetrarhynchia dunrobinensis (38095 38096)
Ibex - Davoei189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom Tetrarhynchia dunrobinensis (218410)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0France Tetrarhynchia dunrobinensis (160029)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Spain (Aragon) Tetrarhynchia dunrobinensis (98399 98401 146662 146666 146667 146669 146670 146673 146674 146675 146676 146677 146678 146679 146680 146681 146682 146683 146684 146685 146687 146691 146692 146693 146694 146695 146698)