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Aorhynchia abyssensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Taxonomy
Aorhynchia abyssensis was named by MacFarlan (1992). Its type specimen is OU 15545, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is McF H11, Abyss Creek (D45/f097), which is in an Anisian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Aorhynchia abyssensis MacFarlan p. 176 figs. Pl 20, figs 21-25; text-fig 14.1e-g

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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
genusAorhynchia
speciesabyssensis

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.

Aorhynchia abyssensis MacFarlan 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height23.853.803.903.850.071

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: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0New Zealand Aorhynchia abyssensis (134850 type locality: 134877 134879 134900 134905)