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Rimirhynchia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4865931	https://www.gbif.org/species/4865931
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	28868	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=28868

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Rhynchonellidae : Rimirhynchia

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	Davanirhynchiinae	Ovcharenko 1983
genus	Rimirhynchia	Buckman 1917

Scientific Name

Rimirhynchia Buckman, 1917

Name Published In

Pal. Indica, 3 (2)

Opinions (PBDB)

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

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

201 - 191 Ma
Early Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

190 - 174 Ma
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)

S. S. Buckman. 1917. The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 3(2):1-254

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Rimirhynchia anglica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	10	197 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Rimirhynchia elevata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	190 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Rimirhynchia maltanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	190 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Rimirhynchia rimosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	201 Ma Early Jurassic	199 Ma Early Jurassic
Rimirhynchia tardata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	190 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1917	Rimirhynchia Buckman p. 60
2002	Rimirhynchia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Rimirhynchia Williams et al. p. 1301

References

Buckman S. S. (1917) The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma, Palaeontologia Indica 3 2, 1-254

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

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - 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

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

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

Pal. Indica, 3 (2) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gen. Jurass. Brachiop. - 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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