†subfamily Gibbithyridinae Muir-Wood 1965 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gibbithyrididae

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

Sister taxa: Carneithyridinae, Rhombariinae

Subtaxa: Concinnithyris Gibbithyris Hesperosia Meznericsia Orientothyris Ornatothyris Praegibbithyris Sahnithyris

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Type: Gibbithyris

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Austria (1 collection), Hungary (11)

• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1), France (3), Germany (28), India (2), Madagascar (3), Poland (3), Spain (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (1: Arizona)

Total: 62 collections including 68 occurrences

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