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Cretirhynchia (Harmignirhynchia) obourgensis

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Cretirhynchia (Harmignirhynchia) obourgensis was named by Simon and Owen (2001). Its type specimen is IRScNB-IST 10847, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Harmignies (Craie de Nouvelles), which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in the Craie de Nouvelles Formation of Belgium.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Cretirhynchia (Harmignirhynchia) obourgensis Simon and Owen p. 87 figs. Pl 5, figs 4,5; pl 6, fig 2; text-figs 17,18

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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
subgenusHarmignirhynchia
speciesobourgensis

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height510.79.2414.710.22.19

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: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium Cretirhynchia obourgensis (170121 type locality: 170122 170123 170125) Cretirhynchia sp. (157761 157762)