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Somalirhynchia stefaninii

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Somalirhynchia stefaninii was named by Weir (1929). Its type specimen is L. 1649 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rukesa (Lowest Sandy Fossiliferous Limestone), which is in an Oxfordian carbonate limestone in the Daua Limestone Formation of Kenya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Somalirhynchia stefaninii Weir p. 40 figs. Pl. 4, 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
subfamilyTetrarhynchiinaeAger 1965
genusSomalirhynchiaWeir 1925
speciesstefaninii

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
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 Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Oxfordian or 157.30000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Kenya Somalirhynchia stefaninii (type locality: 161802 161815)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Kenya Somalirhynchia stefaninii (161811)