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Sepkoskirhynchia sphaerica

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae

Taxonomy
Sepkoskirhynchia sphaerica was named by Radulović (2022). Its type specimen is RGF VR 91/76, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Livari, foot of Rumija Mountain, which is in a Pliensbachian deep subtidal packstone in Serbia and Montenegro. It is the type species of Sepkoskirhynchia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Sepkoskirhynchia sphaerica Radulović p. 2310 figs. 3a-x, 4-6

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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
superfamilyPugnacoideaRzhonsnitskaia 1956
familyBasiliolidae
subfamilyBasiliolinae
genusSepkoskirhynchia
speciessphaerica

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.

Sepkoskirhynchia sphaerica Radulović 2022
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1613.77.5017.914.62.61

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 Pliensbachian or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Serbia and Montenegro (Montenegro) Sepkoskirhynchia sphaerica (type locality: 228236)