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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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