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Burrirhynchia devoniana

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Burrirhynchia devoniana was named by Owen (1988). Its type specimen is BB82252, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is White Hart Sandpit, Wilmington, which is in a Cenomanian shoreface sandstone in the Beer Head Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Burrirhynchia devoniana Owen p. 89 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 22-24

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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
familyTetrarhynchiidaeAger 1965
subfamilyCretirhynchiinaeKatz 1974
genusBurrirhynchiaOwen 1962
speciesdevoniana

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 height110.4

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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Burrirhynchia devoniana (type locality: 153947)