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Maorirhynchia nuggetensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchonella nuggetensis was named by Wilckens (1927). Its type specimen is NZGS BR 1001, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Park coll, Park's Cutting, Nugget Point (H46/f8563), which is in a Ladinian marine horizon in New Zealand. It is the type species of Maorirhynchia.

It was recombined as Maorirhynchia nuggetensis by MacFarlan (1992).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Rhynchonella nuggetensis Wilckens p. 22 figs. Pl 4, figs 8a,b, 9a,b
1927Rhynchonella maorica Wilckens p. 23 figs. Pl 4, figs 10a,b
1992Maorirhynchia nuggetensis MacFarlan p. 73 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-21; pl 4, figs 1-11; text-figs 8.1a-h, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyWellerelloideaLicharew 1956
familyAllorhynchidaeCooper and Grant 1976
genusMaorirhynchia
speciesnuggetensis(Wilckens 1927)

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.

†Maorirhynchia nuggetensis Wilckens 1927
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Invalid names: Rhynchonella maorica Wilckens 1927 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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