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Sakawairhynchia zealandica

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Taxonomy
Halorella zealandica was named by Trechmann (1917). Its type specimen is BMNH B 50485, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is BM collection, Caroline Cutting, Hokonui Hills (E44/f9519), which is in a Ladinian marine horizon in New Zealand.

It was recombined as Rhynchonella zealandica by Force and Campbell (1974); it was recombined as Sakawairhynchia zealandica by MacFarlan (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Halorella zealandica Trechmann p. 216 figs. Pl 23, figs 1a-3
1918Halorella zealandica Trechmann p. 216 figs. Pl 23, figs 1a-3
1974Rhynchonella zealandica Force and Campbell
1992Sakawairhynchia zealandica MacFarlan p. 93 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-28; pl 7, figs 1-20; text-figs 9.1a-d, 9.2, 9.3

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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
superfamilyRhynchonelloidead'Orbigny 1847
familyRhynchonellidaeGray 1848
subfamilyPiarorhynchiinaeShi and Grant 1993
genusSakawairhynchia
specieszealandica()

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.

Sakawairhynchia zealandica Trechmann 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height17.50

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 Kaihikuan to the top of the Oretian or 238.00000 to 221.00000 Ma

Collections (234 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0New Zealand Halorella zealandica (type locality: 134989) Rhynchonella zealandica (134595 134793 134795 134797 134798 134799 134996 134997 135192 135241 135307 137868 137870 137871) Sakawairhynchia zealandica (44460 44462 44463 44465 44466 44468 44469 44471 60997 134423 134433 134459 134465 134471 134473 134476 134479 134483 134486 134487 134496 134525 134526 134527 134532 134535 134536 134537 134539 134540 134541 134542 134543 134544 134545 134546 134549 134550 134551 134552 134553 134554 134555 134556 134557 134559 134560 134562 134571 134578 134579 134580 134581 134582 134583 134584 134585 134586 134587 134588 134589 134591 134593 134596 134597 134598 134625 134628 134629 134630 134631 134632 134633 134771 134784 134785 134786 134789 134790 134794 134796 134815 134817 134822 134823 134824 134827 134828 134829 134830 134831 134832 134833 134834 134839 134841 134852 134853 134854 134855 134856 134857 134859 134870 134871 134872 134873 134880 134881 134883 134884 134885 134886 134887 134889 134890 134891 134892 134896 134907 134908 134909 134910 134921 134922 134960 134963 134971 134972 134973 134974 134979 134984 134985 134986 134990 134991 134992 134993 134994 135006 135021 135085 135137 135138 135139 135141 135144 135145 135146 135147 135148 135149 135156 135165 135166 135167 135170 135171 135191 135193 135201 135202 135203 135204 135205 135208 135209 135210 135213 135214 135215 135216 135218 135219 135220 135221 135233 135234 135239 135244 135246 135248 135250 135251 135252 135254 135255 135260 135261 135262 135263 135264 135265 135275 135277 135280 135283 135284 135285 135289 135290 135291 135292 135297 135298 135299 135300 135310 135311)
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0New Zealand Halorella zealandica (201945)
Kaihikuan - Oretian238.0 - 221.0New Zealand Sakawairhynchia zealandica (134429 134430 134472 134800)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0New Zealand Sakawairhynchia zealandica (61462 61463)
Oretian227.5 - 221.0New Zealand Sakawairhynchia zealandica (44475 134623)