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Tainuirhynchia tainuii

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Taxonomy
Tainuirhynchia tainuii was named by MacFarlan (1992). Its type specimen is AU B254, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AU 6414, Whakapirau Road (R16/f031), which is in an Oxfordian marine horizon in the Ohinereru Formation of New Zealand. It is the type species of Tainuirhynchia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Tainuirhynchia tainuii MacFarlan p. 234 figs. Pl 29, figs 1-26; text-fig 20.1a-e, 20.2

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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
genusTainuirhynchia
speciestainuii

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.

†Tainuirhynchia tainuii MacFarlan 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height77.694.1011.88.303.00

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 Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 163.50000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian - Oxfordian164.7 - 157.3New Zealand Tainuirhynchia tainuii (51934)
Heterian164.3 - 154.5New Zealand Tainuirhynchia tainuii (63749)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3New Zealand Tainuirhynchia tainuii (133848 133855 133856 133858 133859 133860 133861 133862 133863 133956 133957 133963 134086 134087 134088 type locality: 134090 134101 134102 134103 134104 134110 134127 134135)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1New Zealand Tainuirhynchia tainuii (133910 133972)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0New Zealand Tainuirhynchia tainuii (134137 134138 134139)