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Cooperrhynchia schucherti

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Dimerellidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchonella schucherti was named by Stanton (1895). Its type specimen is USNM 23017 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM loc. 23051, Paskenta, which is in a Tithonian/Tithonian marine mudstone in the Stony Creek Formation of California. It is the type species of Cooperrhynchia.

It was recombined as Cooperrhynchia schucherti by Sandy and Campbell (1994) and Kiel et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Rhynchonella schucherti Stanton p. 31 figs. PI. I, figs. 1-4
1945Rhynchonella schucherti Anderson p. 960 figs. Plate 5, figure 11
1994Cooperrhynchia schucherti Sandy and Campbell pp. 1246 - 1250 figs. Figures 3-7
2008Cooperrhynchia schucherti Kiel et al. p. 702

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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
superfamilyDimerelloideaBuckman 1918
familyDimerellidae
subfamilyRhynchonellininaeAger 1959
genusCooperrhynchia
speciesschucherti()

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.

Cooperrhynchia schucherti Stanton 1895
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. R. Sandy and K. A. Campbell 1994Strongly biconvex, smooth rhynchonellid with shallow sulcus on both valves.
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 Middle Tithonian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (California) Cooperrhynchia schucherti (151974)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0USA (California) Rhynchonella schucherti (151966)