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Fissirhynchia wakefieldensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae

Taxonomy
Fissirhynchia wakefieldensis was named by MacFarlan (1992). Its type specimen is NZGS BR 1851, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is GS 12379, Gibb's Road (N28/f008), which is in an Oretian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Fissirhynchia wakefieldensis MacFarlan p. 192 figs. Pl 22, figs 1-13; text-fig 16.1a-c

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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
superfamilyHemithiridoideaRzhonsnitskaya 1956
familyCyclothyrididae()
subfamilyCyclothyridinae(Makridin 1955)
genusFissirhynchia
specieswakefieldensis

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.

Fissirhynchia wakefieldensis MacFarlan 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height34.052.106.904.602.40

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: Oretian or 227.50000 to 221.50000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oretian227.5 - 221.5New Zealand Fissirhynchia wakefieldensis (134169 134170 type locality: 134424 134428 134466 134469 134477 134491)