Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Wairakirhynchia etaliana

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Norellidae

Taxonomy
Wairakirhynchia etaliana was named by MacFarlan (1992). Its type specimen is OU 17382, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is JDC 2287, Kaihiku Gorge (G46/f9735), which is in an Anisian marine horizon in New Zealand. It is the type species of Wairakirhynchia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Wairakirhynchia etaliana MacFarlan p. 56 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-14; text-fig 6.1a-c

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
superfamilyNorelloideaAger 1959
familyNorellidaeAger 1959
subfamilyPraemonticlarellinae
genusWairakirhynchia
speciesetaliana

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.

Wairakirhynchia etaliana MacFarlan 1992
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height43.543.303.903.500.252

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: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0New Zealand Wairakirhynchia etaliana (44455 44457 60990 134434 134435 134436 134437 134438 134439 134440 134482 134484 134485 134488 134490 134494 134782 134783 134791 134818 134820 134821 134825 134826 134869 134882 134926 134927 134964 134968 134970 134995 135110 135140 135194 135195 135196 135197 135235 135238 type locality: 135259)