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Cretirhynchia minor

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Cretirhynchia minor was named by Pettitt (1950). Its type specimen is G.S.M 88778 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is New Pit, Lewes (Planus Zone), which is in a Turonian carbonate chalk in the Upper Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Cretirhynchia minor Pettitt p. 18 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 2a-c

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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
genusCretirhynchia
speciesminor

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.

Cretirhynchia minor Pettitt 1950
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height37.785.409.808.902.32

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: Late/Upper Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic Cretirhynchia minor (170315)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) Cretirhynchia minor (159218 159234 type locality: 159330 159331 159332 159333 159334 159335)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3France (Seine-Maritime) Cretirhynchia minor (170120)