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Maorirhynchia taringaturana

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Maorirhynchia taringaturana was named by MacFarlan (1992). Its type specimen is C1463, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is JDC 496, Taringatura Hills (E45/f6640), which is in an Otamitan marine horizon in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Maorirhynchia taringaturana MacFarlan p. 88 figs. Pl 5, figs 9-16; text-fig 8.5g-j

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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
speciestaringaturana

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 taringaturana MacFarlan 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height45.564.106.506.001.07

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 Otamitan to the top of the Oretian or 221.50000 to 221.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oretian227.5 - 221.0New Zealand Maorirhynchia taringaturana (135154 135245)
Otamitan221.5 - 212.0New Zealand Maorirhynchia taringaturana (134032 134098 134107 134174 134175 134176 134177 134447 134980 134983 135054 type locality: 135055 135058 135067 135068 135069 135181)