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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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height159.042.4016.99.003.58

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 Ladinian to the top of the Oretian or 242.00000 to 221.00000 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0New Zealand Maorirhynchia nuggetensis (44461 134432 134556 134575 134576 134577 134585 134586 134588 134590 134591 134595 134597 134598 134632 134794 134827 134830 134831 134832 134833 134852 134853 134855 134858 134859 134871 134910 134961 134974 134975 134976 134990 134998 134999 135020 135144 135150 135166 135206 135213 135246 135247 135252 135260 135264 135275 135280 135288 135290 135291 135292 135295 135297 135298 135299 135300 135308 135309) Rhynchonella nuggetensis (134792 134793 137870) Rhynchonella nuggetensis, Rhynchonella maorica (135296)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0New Zealand Maorirhynchia nuggetensis (61462)
Oretian227.5 - 221.0New Caledonia Maorirhynchia nuggetensis (133833)