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Woodwardirhynchia tenuicostata

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae

Taxonomy
Rhynchonella tenuicostata was named by Von Hanstein (1879). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ciply (University of Bonn), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in the Ciply-Malogne Phosphatic Chalk Formation of Belgium.

It was recombined as Cretirhynchia tenuicostata by Simon (1998); it was recombined as Woodwardirhynchia tenuicostata by Simon and Owen (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Rhynchonella tenuicostata Von Hanstein
1998Cretirhynchia tenuicostata Simon p. 195 fig. 2
2001Woodwardirhynchia tenuicostata Simon and Owen p. 63 figs. Pl 8, fig 5; text-fig 6

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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
familyCyclothyrididae()
subfamilyCyclothyridinae(Makridin 1955)
genusWoodwardirhynchia
speciestenuicostata(Von Hanstein 1879)

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.

†Woodwardirhynchia tenuicostata Von Hanstein 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height112.1

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: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Belgium Cretirhynchia tenuicostata (170112)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium Cretirhynchia tenuicostata (170076) Rhynchonella tenuicostata (154735) Woodwardirhynchia tenuicostata (154736)