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Aucklandirhynchia opuatiaensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae

Taxonomy
Aucklandirhynchia opuatiaensis was named by MacFarlan (1992). Its type specimen is AU B251, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AU 4436, Opuatia Cliff (R13/f6613), which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Aucklandirhynchia opuatiaensis MacFarlan p. 230 figs. Pl 27, figs 19-26; text-fig 19.3e,f

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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
speciesopuatiaensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height38.906.4011.79.402.66

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 Bajocian to the top of the Bathonian or 170.30000 to 166.10000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Temaikan176.0 - 164.3New Zealand Aucklandirhynchia opuatiaensis (133898 133901 133915)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3New Zealand Aucklandirhynchia opuatiaensis (134228 134229)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1New Zealand Aucklandirhynchia opuatiaensis (type locality: 133871 133873 133874 133877 133878)