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Orbirhynchia boussensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae

Taxonomy
Orbirhynchia boussensis was named by Owen (1988). Its type specimen is W.J. Kennedy coll. BB82131, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sables de Bousse, which is in a Cenomanian marine horizon in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Orbirhynchia boussensis Owen p. 103 figs. Pl. 4, Fig. 19-21, 31-33

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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
superfamilyPugnacoideaRzhonsnitskaia 1956
familyBasiliolidae
subfamilyPamirorhynchiinaeOvcharenko 1983
genusOrbirhynchia
speciesboussensis

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 height510.810.211.710.70.669

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: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Orbirhynchia boussensis (type locality: 153956)