Rhynchonella

Rhynchonella is an extinct genus of brachiopods known from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) to the Early Cretaceous. Formerly this genus was understood much more widely 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.

Rhynchonella

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
RhynchonellinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Rhynchonellida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Rhynchonellida
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Rhynchonellida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 372 million years on record.

The record covers at least 438.6 Mya to 66 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 443.1 Mya to 56 Mya.

Ordovician — about 0 of 607 occurrencesSilurian — about 20 of 607 occurrencesDevonian — about 13 of 607 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 5 of 607 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 24 of 607 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 3 of 607 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 53 of 607 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 79 of 607 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 81 of 607 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 124 of 607 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 87 of 607 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 66 of 607 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 31 of 607 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 21 of 607 occurrencesEocene — about 0 of 607 occurrences451–437 Mya — about 8 occurrences437–424 Mya — about 11 occurrences424–411 Mya — about 1 occurrence411–397 Mya — about 3 occurrences397–384 Mya — about 9 occurrences384–370 Mya — about 1 occurrence370–357 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences357–343 Mya — about 2 occurrences343–330 Mya — about 2 occurrences330–317 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences317–303 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences303–290 Mya — about 6 occurrences290–276 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences276–263 Mya — about 16 occurrences263–250 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences250–236 Mya — about 62 occurrences236–223 Mya — about 40 occurrences223–209 Mya — about 12 occurrences209–196 Mya — about 55 occurrences196–182 Mya — about 37 occurrences182–169 Mya — about 42 occurrences169–156 Mya — about 122 occurrences156–142 Mya — about 59 occurrences142–129 Mya — about 17 occurrences129–115 Mya — about 23 occurrences115–102 Mya — about 22 occurrences102–89 Mya — about 9 occurrences89–75 Mya — about 13 occurrences75–62 Mya — about 30 occurrences62–48 Mya — about 1 occurrence438.6 Mya66 Mya451 Mya48 Mya

607 occurrences of Rhynchonella on record, most of them in the Middle Jurassic. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

607 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

115 formations

Cassian — 46.53°N, 11.92°ECassian — 46.64°N, 12.20°ECassian — 46.52°N, 11.96°ECassian — 46.68°N, 12.15°ECassian — 46.54°N, 11.62°ECassian — 46.51°N, 11.76°ETataouine — 33.00°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.90°N, 10.45°EKap Leslie — 70.48°N, 21.97°WLautaro — 29.01°S, 70.20°WLautaro — 29.11°S, 70.30°WLautaro — 29.36°S, 70.19°WLautaro — 29.47°S, 70.16°WLautaro — 29.43°S, 70.13°WLautaro — 27.66°S, 69.97°WLautaro — 28.94°S, 70.33°WLautaro — 28.09°S, 70.00°WLautaro — 28.30°S, 69.97°WLautaro — 27.68°S, 69.57°WLautaro — 27.73°S, 69.65°WChari — 23.50°N, 70.50°EBulog — 43.82°N, 18.44°EBulog — 43.85°N, 18.48°EMunday’s Hill Phosphatic Sandstone — 51.92°N, 0.67°WLambertenghi — 46.50°N, 13.00°EOberrhaet — 47.70°N, 13.17°EOberrhaet — 47.00°N, 13.00°EOberrhaet — 47.61°N, 12.57°ESandgate — 51.23°N, 0.58°WSandgate — 51.00°N, 0.85°WSandgate — 51.67°N, 1.58°WSandgate — 51.35°N, 2.08°WWoburn Sand — 52.00°N, 0.77°WPisznice — 47.00°N, 18.00°ECarbonera — 24.22°N, 102.82°WDursztyn — 49.00°N, 20.00°EDursztyn — 50.40°N, 19.06°EWetterstein Limestone — 48.00°N, 20.00°ESandorhegy Limestone — 47.00°N, 17.90°EWilliamson Shale — 43.00°N, 76.00°WWilliamson Shale — 43.00°N, 75.00°WWilliamson Shale — 43.00°N, 77.00°WKambe — 3.85°S, 39.65°EKambe — 3.83°S, 39.67°EKoessen — 47.89°N, 15.97°EBelemnite Marls — 50.72°N, 2.85°WBelemnite Marls — 50.73°N, 2.87°WPisznicei Mészko — 47.45°N, 18.29°EPisznicei Mészko — 47.66°N, 18.47°EFatu — 9.45°S, 124.43°EFatu — 9.69°S, 124.29°ECalcaire a oolithes ferrugineuses — 49.30°N, 0.07°WNimaloksa — 32.23°N, 78.03°ENimaloksa — 32.10°N, 78.17°E

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The named rock units Rhynchonella has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 91 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 360 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Rhynchonella and its relatives

Middle Jurassic

Where Rhynchonella and its relatives were recorded in the Middle Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

2,465 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 468 sites for Rhynchonella, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

171 references

Each of the 607 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 159 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Rhynchonella

Credit
Hectonichus
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itRhynchonellinae through timeFormations of the Middle JurassicThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Fischer 1809