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Somalirhynchia

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Somalirhynchia was named by Weir (1925) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bajo J Kimm-u Sepkoski's reference number: 59,877]. It is not extant. Its type is Somalirhynchia africana.

It was assigned to Rhynchonellida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tetrarhynchiinae by Williams et al. (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Somalirhynchia Weir p. 79
2002Somalirhynchia Sepkoski
2002Somalirhynchia Williams et al. p. 1354

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyHemithiridoideaRzhonsnitskaya 1956
familyTetrarhynchiidaeAger 1965
subfamilyTetrarhynchiinaeAger 1965
genusSomalirhynchiaWeir 1925

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.

G. †Somalirhynchia Weir 1925
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†Somalirhynchia arabica Cooper 1989
†Somalirhynchia bihenensis Muir-Wood 1935
†Somalirhynchia jordanica Noetling 1887
†Somalirhynchia somalica Dacque 1905
†Somalirhynchia sutherlandi Davidson 1873
†Somalirhynchia tumida Muir-Wood 1935
Invalid names: Somalirhynchia africana mesoloba Muir-Wood 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height1419.615.923.219.22.18
shell height1318.26.6027.018.74.78

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: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 168.30000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (137 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Bajocian168.3 - 168.3Somalia S. africana (161817)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia S. somalica (98768)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Egypt S. africana, S. bihenensis (99801) S. bihenensis (99800)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Ethiopia Rhynchonella africana (93532) S. somalica (94494)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Tunisia S. sp., S. bihenensis, S. somalica, S. jordanica, S. smelliei (36660) S. sp., S. smelliei (36662)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) S. africana (2600) S. arabica (2601 2603 2610) S. somalica, S. arabica (2607 2608) S. sp. (2562 2599) S. sp., S. africana (2560 2604) S. sp., S. africana, S. somalica, S. arabica (2605) S. subcircularis, S. arabica (2588)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia S. arabica (98755) S. prearabica (98800) S. somalica (98680 98681 98682 98802 99080) S. somalica, S. arabica (99084)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Somalia S. africana (100379 161482)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India S. africana (68089 68091 68093)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Eritrea S. sp., S. africana, S. bihendulensis, S. bihenensis, S. smelliei (92925)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Ethiopia S. sp. (93798)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Tunisia S. africana (13900 13902 13951) S. africana, S. smelliei (13871) S. bihenesis, S. africana (13795) S. smelliei (13901 13903 13905)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Somalia S. africana (92962 93013 93021) S. africana, S. bihendulensis, S. bihenensis, S. somalica (93020) S. africana, S. bihendulensis, S. tumida (93014) S. africana, S. bihenensis (92990) S. africana, S. bihenensis, S. somalica (92991) S. tumida (93015 93017)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Ethiopia (Afar) S. sp., S. somalica (92924)
Callovian - Kimmeridgian166.1 - 152.1Tunisia S. africana, S. bihenensis, S. somalica, S. jordanica, S. smelliei (99126) S. sp. (99125) S. sp., S. smelliei (99124)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Israel S. africana (59834 59840)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Israel S. africana (59833)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Tunisia S. africana, S. jordanica, S. smelliei (13612) S. bihiensis (13665) S. smelliei (13660 13677)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France S. moeschi (152944 152945 152946 152947 152948 158176)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Kenya S. africana (99842)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Ethiopia Rhynchonella africana (93487) Rhynchonella somalica (93489 93493) S. somalica (94495)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Yemen (Wadi Hajar) S. africana, S. somalica, S. arabica (2556) S. arabica (2595) S. somalica (2557) S. somaliensis, S. africana, S. bihendulensis (2593) S. sp., S. africana, S. smelliei, S. arabica (2597) S. sp., S. smelliei, S. arabica (2596)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Somalia S. africana (159959 159960) S. africana, S. bihendulensis (93000) S. sp. (93002)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Saudi Arabia S. africana (45982 46053 46290 46296 46304 46305 46309) S. africana, S. somalica (45562 46056 46061) S. africana, S. somalica, S. arabica (98844) S. arabica (98720 98744 98801) S. somalica (45818 98684) S. somalica, S. arabica (98731)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Kenya S. africana (99839)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Yemen Rhynchonella moravica (94504)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Yemen (Wadi Hajar) S. arabica (2586)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Eritrea S. africana, S. jordanica, S. smelliei (94567) S. africana, S. smelliei (94568) S. smelliei (94575)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Ethiopia S. africana (94572 94574)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Ethiopia Rhynchonella africana, Rhynchonella somalica (93479)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Jura) S. moeschi (207863)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Ethiopia Rhynchonella moravica (94586) S. africana (93856 93860 93863) S. sp. (93853 93861 93862 93864 93871) S. sp., S. africana (93029 93031 93032 93206 93858 93859)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France S. moeschi (13113 158178)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Kenya S. africana, S. stefaninii (161802 161815)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Kenya S. stefaninii (161811)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Ethiopia S. africana (159958)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1United Kingdom S. sutherlandi (158163 158167 158168)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Ethiopia Rhynchonella africana (93531)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) S. sp. (35262)