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Calcirhynchia calcaria

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Taxonomy
Calcirhynchia calcaria was named by Buckman (1917). Its type specimen is GSM 31947, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Cheltenham (marmorea epibole), which is in an Angulata marine horizon in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Calcirhynchia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Calcirhynchia calcaria Buckman p. 30 figs. Pl 19, figs 11,12
1918Calcirhynchia calcaria Buckman p. 30 figs. Pl 19, figs 11,12
1962Calcirhynchia calcaria Ager p. 86 figs. Pl 8, figs 2-3; text-figs 50-52

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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
superfamilyWellerelloideaLicharew 1956
familyWellerellidaeLicharew 1956
subfamilyCirpinaeAger 1965
genusCalcirhynchia
speciescalcaria

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.

†Calcirhynchia calcaria Buckman 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Calcirhynchia calcaria (204158)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Calcirhynchia calcaria (type locality: 159357)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5France Calcirhynchia calcaria (29225)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) Calcirhynchia calcaria (163297)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5France Calcirhynchia calcaria (29262)
Angulata - Bucklandi201.3 - 189.6United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Calcirhynchia calcaria (159358)
Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.3 - 189.6Turkey Calcirhynchia calcaria (132598)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8France Calcirhynchia calcaria (29180)
Early/Lower Sinemurian - Sinemurian196.5 - 190.8France Calcirhynchia calcaria (29182)
Bucklandi - Semicostatum196.5 - 189.6Spain Calcirhynchia calcaria (197057)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (Wales) Calcirhynchia calcaria (29236)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Calcirhynchia calcaria (29235 29237 29239)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Calcirhynchia calcaria (219465)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6France Calcirhynchia calcaria (29178 29179 29181 29183 29184 29264 29266 29272 29278 29280 29301)
Semicostatum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Calcirhynchia calcaria (159359)