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Lepidorhynchia dichotoma

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae

Taxonomy
Lepidorhynchia dichotoma was named by Burri (1956). Its type specimen is Naturhist. Museum Basel Nr. 25a, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Road 500m south of La Russille (road between Orbe-Vallorbe), which is in a Barremian marine horizon in Switzerland. It is the type species of Lepidorhynchia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Lepidorhynchia dichotoma Burri p. 690 figs. Pl. 14, Fig. 1-2

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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
superfamilyHemithiridoideaRzhonsnitskaya 1956
familyCyclothyrididae()
subfamilyCyclothyridinae(Makridin 1955)
genusLepidorhynchia
speciesdichotoma

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
partNmean
shell height17.90

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: Hauterivian or 132.90000 to 129.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Switzerland Lepidorhynchia dichotoma (153111)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland Lepidorhynchia dichotoma (153105)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Switzerland Lepidorhynchia dichotoma (153114 type locality: 153134 153138)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45France Lepidorhynchia dichotoma (153141)