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Sakawairhynchia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4865727	https://www.gbif.org/species/4865727
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	28889	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=28889

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Rhynchonellidae : Sakawairhynchia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
-	Lophophorata
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Rhynchonellida	Kuhn 1949
superfamily	Rhynchonelloidea	d'Orbigny 1847
family	Rhynchonellidae	Gray 1848
subfamily	Piarorhynchiinae	Shi and Grant 1993
genus	Sakawairhynchia	Tokuyama 1957

Scientific Name

Sakawairhynchia Tokuyama, 1957

Name Published In

Jap. J. Geol. Geogr. 28

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Sakawairhynchia	genus	belongs to Piarorhynchiinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2002
Sakawairhynchia	genus	belongs to Rhynchonellida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

174 - 170 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Motility

stationary (based on Rhynchonellida)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Rhynchonellida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Sakawairhynchia aparimaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	48	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Sakawairhynchia bartrumi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	34	199 Ma Early Jurassic	174 Ma Middle Jurassic
Sakawairhynchia bencallumensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	8	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Sakawairhynchia corbiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	25	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Sakawairhynchia diptonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	18	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Sakawairhynchia harihariensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	42	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	206 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Sakawairhynchia hugonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	18	206 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	206 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Sakawairhynchia marokopana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	134	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Sakawairhynchia mokauensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	14	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Sakawairhynchia momeaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	21	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Sakawairhynchia nezsaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Sakawairhynchia olenekensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	237 Ma Middle Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Sakawairhynchia tokombensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Sakawairhynchia zealandica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	234	242 Ma Middle Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2002	Sakawairhynchia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Sakawairhynchia Williams et al. p. 1288

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2002) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 921-1688

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Jap. J. Geol. Geogr. 28 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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