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Tainuirhynchia waingaroensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Taxonomy
Tainuirhynchia waingaroensis was named by MacFarlan (1992). Its type specimen is NZGS BR 2290, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GS 9241, Waingaro Valley (R14/f6676), which is in a Toarcian/Bathonian marine horizon in the Ohautira Conglomerate Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Tainuirhynchia waingaroensis MacFarlan p. 238 figs. Pl 28, figs 13-25; text-fig 20.1f,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
superfamilyRhynchonelloidead'Orbigny 1847
familyRhynchonellidaeGray 1848
subfamilyPiarorhynchiinaeShi and Grant 1993
genusTainuirhynchia
specieswaingaroensis

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 waingaroensis MacFarlan 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height27.495.5010.27.853.32

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 Callovian or 170.30000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian - Bathonian182.7 - 166.1New Zealand Tainuirhynchia waingaroensis (type locality: 133922)
Temaikan175.6 - 161.2New Zealand Tainuirhynchia waingaroensis (134402 134404 134405)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3New Zealand Tainuirhynchia waingaroensis (134291)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1New Zealand Tainuirhynchia waingaroensis (134288 134403)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5New Zealand Tainuirhynchia waingaroensis (133850 133921 133924 134361)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3New Zealand Tainuirhynchia waingaroensis (134010)