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Aucklandirhynchia laevis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae

Taxonomy
Aucklandirhynchia laevis was named by MacFarlan (1992). Its type specimen is AU B247, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AU 725, Opuatia Cliff (R13/f6613), which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Aucklandirhynchia laevis MacFarlan p. 226 figs. Pl 28, figs 1-7,10,11; text-fig 19.3a-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)
genusAucklandirhynchia
specieslaevis

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.

†Aucklandirhynchia laevis MacFarlan 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height611.78.7014.212.31.97

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 Bathonian to the top of the Callovian or 168.30000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1New Zealand Aucklandirhynchia laevis (133866 133867 type locality: 133868 133869 133870 133871 133872 133873 133874 133875 133876 133877 133878 133879)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5New Zealand Aucklandirhynchia laevis (133850 133899 133936)