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Herangirhynchia otamitaensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Taxonomy
Herangirhynchia otamitaensis was named by MacFarlan (1992). Its type specimen is NZGS BR 1840, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is GS 7626, Otamita Valley (F45/f8777), which is in a Hettangian marine sandstone in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Herangirhynchia otamitaensis MacFarlan p. 166 figs. Pl 17, figs 24-29; text-fig 12.1g

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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
subfamilyRhynchonellinaeGray 1848
genusHerangirhynchia
speciesotamitaensis

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.

Herangirhynchia otamitaensis MacFarlan 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height33.723.304.103.800.404

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: Hettangian or 201.30000 to 199.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3New Zealand Herangirhynchia otamitaensis (type locality: 135179)