†subfamily Cryptorhynchiinae Shi and Grant 1993 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Erymnariidae

Full reference: X. Shi and R. E. Grant. 1993. Jurassic rhynchonellids: internal structures and taxonomic revisions. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 73:1-190

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

Sister taxa: Calvirhynchiinae, Costerymnaria, Erymnariinae, Septocrurellinae

Subtaxa: Aethirhynchia Crurirhynchia Cryptorhynchia Dierisma

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Type: Cryptorhynchia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (1 collection), India (13), Italy (3), Madagascar (8), United States (1: Idaho)

• Triassic of China (9), the Russian Federation (3)

Total: 38 collections including 41 occurrences

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