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Kawhiarhynchia kawhiana

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Acanthothirididae

Taxonomy
Rhynchonella (Cryptorhynchia) kawhiana was named by Trechmann (1923). Its type specimen is BMNH B 48949, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ohineruru Bay, Totara Peninsula, Kawhia (R15/f8027), which is in an Oxfordian marine sandstone in New Zealand. It is the type species of Kawhiarhynchia.

It was recombined as Kawhiarhynchia kawhiana by MacFarlan (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Rhynchonella (Cryptorhynchia) kawhiana Trechmann p. 283 figs. Pl 26, figs 1-3
1992Kawhiarhynchia kawhiana MacFarlan p. 257 figs. Pl 31, figs 1-27; text-fig 24.1a-c, 24.2

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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
familyAcanthothirididaeSchuchert 1913
subfamilyAcanthothiridinaeSchuchert 1913
genusKawhiarhynchia
specieskawhiana(Trechmann 1923)

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.

†Kawhiarhynchia kawhiana Trechmann 1923
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height412.99.5019.412.34.43

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 Puaroan or 163.50000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Heterian164.3 - 154.5New Zealand Kawhiarhynchia kawhiana (63747)
Heterian164.3 - 154.5New Zealand (Kawhia) Cryptorhynchia kawhiana (35731)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3New Zealand Kawhiarhynchia kawhiana (56231 133956 133958 133959 133960 133961 133962 133963 133971 134086 134087 134088 134089 134101 134102 134110 134160 134162) Rhynchonella kawhiana (56290)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1New Zealand Kawhiarhynchia kawhiana (134009 134091 134136 134167)
Puaroan150.0 - 145.0New Zealand Kawhiarhynchia kawhiana (63748)