Subfamily Tichosininae Cooper 1983 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1983. The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda) Triassic to Recent: a study of the brachidia (loops). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50:1-290

Parent taxon: Terebratulidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Arapsothyris, Blandfordithyris, Cheirothyrinae, Dallithyridinae, Dictyothyrinae, Gryphinae, Indothyris, Kossmatithyris, Liothyrina, Loboidothyrinae, Lobothyrinae, Plicatoriinae, Pseudogibbithyris, Seymourinae, Stoliczkathyris, Terebratulinae

Subtaxa: Dolichozygus Tichosina Zygonaria

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Barbados (3 collections), Jamaica (3), Japan (4)

• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (4)

• Miocene of Cuba (3), Jamaica (1)

• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1)

• Eocene of Cuba (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)

• Paleogene of Antarctica (4)

Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences

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