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Cretirhynchia (Lewesirhynchia) exsculpta

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Cretirhynchia exsculpta was named by Pettitt (1950). Its type specimen is B.M. [B.79824] and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brighton or Friar's Bay, which is in a Santonian carbonate chalk in the Upper Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Cretirhynchia (Lewesirhynchia) exsculpta by Simon and Owen (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Cretirhynchia exsculpta Pettitt p. 19 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 6a-c; Text Fig. 6
2001Cretirhynchia (Lewesirhynchia) exsculpta Simon and Owen p. 81 figs. Pl 4, figs 3,4; text-fig 12

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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
subgenusLewesirhynchia
speciesexsculpta()

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
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