Cretirhynchia Pettitt 1950 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Full reference: N. E. Pettitt. 1950. Rhynchonellidae of the British Chalk. Rhynchonellidae of the British Chalk, Part I 103(450):1-26

Parent taxon: Cretirhynchiinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bohemirhynchia, Burrirhynchia, Kudrjavzevina, Sillakkudirhynchia

Subtaxa: Cretirhynchia (Cretirhynchia) Cretirhynchia (Harmignirhynchia) Cretirhynchia (Lewesirhynchia) Cretirhynchia lenticularis Cretirhynchia minor Cretirhynchia plicatilis Cretirhynchia subplicata

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Denmark (4 collections)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Belgium (11), the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (8), France (11), Germany (3), Kazakhstan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (80)

Total: 121 collections including 124 occurrences

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