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Grandirhynchia elii

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Grandirhynchia elii was named by Rosenkrantz (1934). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is West of Lakse Elv, Bed 1, which is in a Pliensbachian marine sandstone in the Cape Stewart Beds Formation of Greenland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Grandirhynchia elii Rosenkrantz p. 32

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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
genusGrandirhynchia
specieselii

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.

Grandirhynchia elii Rosenkrantz 1934
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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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Jamesoni or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Greenland Grandirhynchia elii (type locality: 161968 162078)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Greenland Grandirhynchia elii (162076 162272)