Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Belongs to Kutchithyris according to D. A. B. MacFarlan 2016
Sister taxa: Kutchithyris acutiplicata, Kutchithyris amdoensis, Kutchithyris anongensis, Kutchithyris breviplicata, Kutchithyris brivesi, Kutchithyris challinori, Kutchithyris dengqenensis, Kutchithyris dhosaensis, Kutchithyris egregia, Kutchithyris euryptycha, Kutchithyris ferrandii, Kutchithyris fulva, Kutchithyris hypsogonia, Kutchithyris ingluviosa, Kutchithyris jooraensis, Kutchithyris katametopa, Kutchithyris kennedyi, Kutchithyris lingularis, Kutchithyris marokopaensis, Kutchithyris mitra, Kutchithyris mulaensis, Kutchithyris pentagonalis, Kutchithyris planiconvexa, Kutchithyris propinqua, Kutchithyris pygmae, Kutchithyris pyroidea, Kutchithyris tibetica, Kutchithyris zamdaensis
Type specimen: NZGS BR 1119, a shell. Its type locality is GS 3143, Totara Peninsula (R15/f8027), which is in an Oxfordian marine sandstone in New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Heterian of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Jurassic of New Zealand (28)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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