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Waikatorhynchia kinohakuensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Taxonomy
Waikatorhynchia kinohakuensis was named by MacFarlan (1992). Its type specimen is NZGS BR 2292, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GS 6193, Mairi Point (R16/f6597), which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Waikatorhynchia kinohakuensis MacFarlan p. 247 figs. Pl 30, figs 12-23; text-fig 21.1c,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
subfamilyIvanoviellinae
genusWaikatorhynchia
specieskinohakuensis

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 height67.184.6010.47.552.27

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 Kimmeridgian to the top of the Puaroan or 157.30000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1New Zealand Waikatorhynchia kinohakuensis (133914 133925 133973 133974 134142 134143)
Middle Tithonian150.8 - 145.0New Zealand Waikatorhynchia kinohakuensis (type locality: 134140 134141)
Puaroan150.0 - 145.0New Zealand Waikatorhynchia kinohakuensis (133845 133846 133852 133854 133864 133896 133902 133905 133909)