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Cretirhynchia (Lewesirhynchia)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Cretirhynchia (Lewesirhynchia) Simon and Owen p. 77

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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
subfamilyCretirhynchiinaeKatz 1974
genusCretirhynchia
subgenusLewesirhynchia

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.

Subg. †Cretirhynchia (Lewesirhynchia) Simon and Owen 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height616.212.820.216.82.75

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: base of the Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 93.90000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Cretirhynchia octoplicata (38595 38601)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3United Kingdom (England) Cretirhynchia octoplicata (159240 159241) Cretirhynchia octoplicata, Cretirhynchia protoexsculpta (159242)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) Cretirhynchia exsculpta (159364 159366)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6United Kingdom (East Sussex) Cretirhynchia exsculpta (159368)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5United Kingdom (East Sussex) Cretirhynchia exsculpta (159367 170177)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5United Kingdom (England) Cretirhynchia exsculpta (159321 159362 159363)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6United Kingdom (East Sussex) Cretirhynchia exsculpta (170174 170175)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6United Kingdom (Hampshire) Cretirhynchia exsculpta (170176)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6United Kingdom (England) Cretirhynchia exsculpta (170172 170173)