Eogryphus Hertlein and Grant IV 1944 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Full reference: L. G. Hertlein and U. S. Grant IV. 1944. The Cenozoic Brachiopoda of Western North America. The Cenozoic Brachiopoda of Western North America 3:1-236

Parent taxon: Terebratellidina according to A. Williams et al. 2007

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Squires 1984

Sister taxa: Antigoniarcula, Bouchardioidea, Dallinoidea, Gwyniella, Hercothyris, Kingenoidea, Kraussinoidea, Kurakithyris, Laqueoidea, Leptothyrellopsis, Lutetiarcula, Magas, Megathyridoidea, Miogryphus, Mosaethyrididae, Platidioidea, Praeneothyris, Rhynchora, Rhynchorina, Terebratelloidea, Tiaretithyris, Timacella, Xinjiangthyris, Yabeithyris, Yuezhuella, Zeillerioidea, Zhidothyris

Subtaxa: Eogryphus tolmani

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Type: Eogryphus tolmani

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (5: California collections)

• Paleocene of United States (2: California)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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