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Orbirhynchia orbignyi

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae

Taxonomy
Orbirhynchia orbignyi was named by Pettitt (1954). Its type specimen is G.S.M [92644] and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Reigate (Middle Chalk), which is in a Turonian carbonate chalk in the Middle Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Orbirhynchia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. herberti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Orbirhynchia orbignyi Pettitt p. 45 figs. Pl. 3, Fig. 8a-c; Text Fig. 13

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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
superfamilyPugnacoideaRzhonsnitskaia 1956
familyBasiliolidae
subfamilyPamirorhynchiinaeOvcharenko 1983
genusOrbirhynchia
speciesorbignyi

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.

†Orbirhynchia orbignyi Pettitt 1954
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Diagnosis
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