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Kawhiarhynchia waiohipaensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Acanthothirididae

Taxonomy
Kawhiarhynchia waiohipaensis was named by MacFarlan (1992). Its type specimen is OU 17287, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is McF F51, Waiohipa Stream (R16/f082), which is in an Oxfordian marine sandstone in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Kawhiarhynchia waiohipaensis MacFarlan p. 260 figs. Pl 32, figs 1-8; text-fig 24.1d-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
superfamilyRhynchonelloidead'Orbigny 1847
familyAcanthothirididaeSchuchert 1913
subfamilyAcanthothiridinaeSchuchert 1913
genusKawhiarhynchia
specieswaiohipaensis

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 waiohipaensis MacFarlan 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height41.981.302.802.050.624

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 Kimmeridgian or 163.50000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3New Zealand Kawhiarhynchia waiohipaensis (133848 133858 133861 133862 133956 133963 type locality: 134102)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1New Zealand Kawhiarhynchia waiohipaensis (133865)