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Orbirhynchia heberti

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae

Taxonomy
Orbirhynchia heberti was named by Pettitt (1954). Its type specimen is G.S.M [83935] and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hayden Barn Cutting, Warnford, which is in a Turonian carbonate chalk in the Middle Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Orbirhynchia heberti Pettitt p. 46 figs. Pl. 3, Fig. 4a-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
superfamilyPugnacoideaRzhonsnitskaia 1956
familyBasiliolidae
subfamilyPamirorhynchiinaeOvcharenko 1983
genusOrbirhynchia
speciesheberti

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 heberti Pettitt 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
height17.40

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: Middle Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) Orbirhynchia heberti (type locality: 159644 159645 159646 159647 159648 159649 159650)