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Burrirhynchia polygona

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchonella polygona was named by d'Orbigny (1847). Its type specimen is NMNH, Instiute of Paleontology, Paris d'Orbigny coll. no. 6497 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Burrirhynchia polygona by Smirnova (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Rhynchonella polygona d'Orbigny pp. 30-31 figs. Pl. 496, Fig. 1-4
2012Burrirhynchia polygona Smirnova p. 1245 figs. Pl. 4, Fig. 6; Fig. 30

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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
speciespolygona(d'Orbigny 1847)

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.

Burrirhynchia polygona d'Orbigny 1847
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height57.416.508.507.500.720

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 Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Albian or 122.46000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Russian Federation Burrirhynchia polygona (155706)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar Rhynchonella polygona (98244)