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Ortarhynchia petersi

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Norellidae

Taxonomy
Ortarhynchia petersi was named by Gaetani (2019). Its type specimen is LPB IIIb 819, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Orta Bair, which is in a Bithynian carbonate lime mudstone in Romania. It is the type species of Ortarhynchia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Ortarhynchia petersi Gaetani p. 101 figs. Pl 2, figs A-E; text-fig 8

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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
superfamilyNorelloideaAger 1959
familyNorellidaeAger 1959
subfamilyParanorellininaeXu 1990
genusOrtarhynchia
speciespetersi

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.

Ortarhynchia petersi Gaetani 2019
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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: base of the Spathian to the top of the Bithynian or 251.30000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Romania Ortarhynchia petersi (199549 199550)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0Romania Ortarhynchia petersi (199553)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Romania Ortarhynchia petersi (199557 type locality: 199558)