Rhynchonella is an extinct genus of brachiopod known from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) to the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian, possibly Barremian).[1] Formerly[2] this genus was understood much more widely (more or less an equivalent of the Rhynchonellida order in the present-day taxonomy) and less critical sources still list species of Rhynchonella from the Ordovician to the Eocene. Like most brachiopods, Rhynchonella was a stationary epifaunal suspension feeder.[3]
| Rhynchonella Temporal range: Ordovician – Eocene
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| Family: | Rhynchonellidae
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| Genus: | Rhynchonella Fischer, 1809
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Description
editThese 1.75 to 3.75 cm long articulate brachiopods are characterized by a triangular shell with a spherical profile, powerful ribs, a curved hinge line and a small umbo. The anterior margin shows a tongue like projection.[4]
Species
edit- Rhynchonella acuminata † Martin 1809
- Rhynchonella adrianensis † Gemmellaro 1899
- Rhynchonella boloniensis † (d'Orbigny, 1850)
- Rhynchonella carapezzae † Gemmellaro 1899
- Rhynchonella carinthiaca † Bittner 1890
- Rhynchonella confinensis † Schellwien 1892
- Rhynchonella djeffarae † Dubar 1967
- Rhynchonella edwardsi † Chapuis & Dewalque 1853
- Rhynchonella eskiordensis † Moisseiev 1932
- Rhynchonella fraasi † Oppel 1861
- Rhynchonella granulum † Eichwald 1860
- Rhynchonella inflata † Jaboli 1959
- Rhynchonella jukesi † McCoy 1847
- Rhynchonella kochigataniensis † Tokuyama 1957
- Rhynchonella krotovi † Tschemyschew 1902
- Rhynchonella lacuna † Quenstedt 1871
- Rhynchonella langleti † Chapuis & Dewalque 1853
- Rhynchonella limbata † Schlotheim 1813
- Rhynchonella lingulata † Gabb 1864
- Rhynchonella loxia † Fischer von Waldheim 1809
- Rhynchonella maudensis † Whiteaves 1884
- Rhynchonella minuta † Buvignier 1843
- Rhynchonella miquihuanensis † Imlay 1937
- Rhynchonella misella † Bittner 1890
- Rhynchonella negrii † Gemmellaro 1899
- Rhynchonella paolii † Canavari 1880
- Rhynchonella paucicosta † Kitchin 1910
- Rhynchonella pauciplicata † Kitchin 1900
- Rhynchonella prona † Oppel 1861
- Rhynchonella pseudoazaisi † Dubar 1967
- Rhynchonella pugnus † Martin
- Rhynchonella pupula † Bittner 1890
- Rhynchonella salinasi † Gemmellaro 1899
- Rhynchonella sosiensis † Gemmellaro 1899
- Rhynchonella subrimosa † Schafhauti 1851
- Rhynchonella tazerdunensis † Dubar 1967
- Rhynchonella texanus † Shumard 1859
- Rhynchonella wichmanni † Rothpletz 1892
- Rhynchonella withei † Gemmellaro 1899
References
edit- ^ Norman M. Savage et al., Rhynchonellida, [In:] Roger L. Kaesler (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised, Volume 4: Rhynchonelliformea (part), Boulder, Colorado–Lawrence, Kansas: The Geological Society of America, Inc. and The University of Kansas, 2002, pp. 1026–1376.
- ^ Ager, Derek V. (1957). "The true Rhynchonella". Palaeontology. 1 (1): 1–15.
- ^ Rhynchonella in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Short notes on Shell, Spirifer, Rhynchonella and Terebratula
- Frank H.T. Rodes, Herbert S. Zim en Paul R. Shaffer (1993) - Natuurgids Fossielen (het ontstaan, prepareren en rangschikken van fossielen), Zuidnederlandse Uitgeverij N.V., Aartselaar. ISBN D-1993-0001-361
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