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Wairakirhynchia morleyensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Norellidae

Taxonomy
Wairakirhynchia morleyensis was named by MacFarlan (1992). Its type specimen is OU 15032, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is JDC 1346, Morley Bridge (D45/f7500), which is in an Anisian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Wairakirhynchia morleyensis MacFarlan p. 60 figs. Pl 1, figs 15-26; text-fig 6.1d-g

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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
superfamilyNorelloideaAger 1959
familyNorellidaeAger 1959
subfamilyPraemonticlarellinae
genusWairakirhynchia
speciesmorleyensis

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 morleyensis MacFarlan 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height21.701.701.701.70-

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: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0New Zealand Wairakirhynchia morleyensis (44483 134780 134787 134788 134819 134846 134849 134888 type locality: 134893 134894 134895 134911 134912 134913 134914 134918 134919 134920)