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Orbirhynchia orbignyi
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
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1954 | Orbirhynchia orbignyi Pettitt p. 45 figs. Pl. 3, Fig. 8a-c; Text Fig. 13 |
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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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| height | 1 | 9.00 |
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.80000 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Turonian | United Kingdom (England) | Orbirhynchia orbignyi (159623 159624 159631 type locality: 159633 159640 159641 159643) | |
| Middle Turonian | Germany | Orbirhynchia orbignyi (12659 12660 12661) |