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Caledorhynchia caledonica

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Taxonomy
Caledorhynchia caledonica was named by MacFarlan (1992). Its type specimen is OU 17515, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is McF G40, île Mathieu (NC/f490), which is in a Bajocian marine horizon in New Caledonia. It is the type species of Caledorhynchia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Caledorhynchia caledonica MacFarlan p. 210 figs. Pl 24, figs 18-30; pl 25, figs 1-13; text-fig 18.1a-d

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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
genusCaledorhynchia
speciescaledonica

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.

†Caledorhynchia caledonica MacFarlan 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height214.213.914.514.20.424

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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aalenian to the top of the Temaikan or 174.10000 to 164.30000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Temaikan176.0 - 164.3New Zealand Caledorhynchia caledonica (134360 134373 134405 134406 134407 134408)
Temaikan176.0 - 164.3New Caledonia Caledorhynchia caledonica (133838)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3New Zealand Caledorhynchia caledonica (135103)
Aalenian - Callovian174.1 - 163.5New Caledonia Caledorhynchia caledonica (51933)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3New Caledonia Caledorhynchia caledonica (133815 133820 type locality: 133821)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3New Zealand Caledorhynchia caledonica (134228 134229)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5New Zealand Caledorhynchia caledonica (133921 133924)