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Fissirhynchia pacifica

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae

Taxonomy
Fissirhynchia pacifica was named by MacFarlan (1992). Its type specimen is OU 16618, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is JDC 241, Taringatura Hills (E45/f6635), which is in an Otapirian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. piremapuana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Fissirhynchia pacifica MacFarlan p. 194 figs. Pl 22, figs 14-28; text-fig 16.1d-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
superfamilyHemithiridoideaRzhonsnitskaya 1956
familyCyclothyrididae()
subfamilyCyclothyridinae(Makridin 1955)
genusFissirhynchia
speciespacifica

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 pacifica MacFarlan 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height119.566.3016.68.803.05

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 Otapirian or 221.50000 to 201.60000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Otamitan221.5 - 212.0New Zealand Fissirhynchia pacifica (33078 134442 134492 134959 135278)
Warepan212.0 - 205.6New Zealand Fissirhynchia pacifica (134924)
Warepan212.0 - 205.6New Caledonia Fissirhynchia pacifica (133767)
Warepan - Otapirian212.0 - 201.6New Caledonia Fissirhynchia pacifica (133831)
Otapirian205.6 - 201.6New Caledonia Fissirhynchia pacifica (133763 133764 133765 133766 133769 133770 133772 133784 133785 133786 133828 133830)
Otapirian205.6 - 201.6New Zealand (Southland) Fissirhynchia pacifica (128172)
Otapirian205.6 - 201.6New Zealand Fissirhynchia pacifica (134444 134445 134467 134478 134978 134981 135047 type locality: 135052 135053 135082 135168 135256)