Family Cnismatocentridae Cooper 1973 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cnismatocentridae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1973. Fossil and recent Cancellothyridacea (Brachiopoda). Tohoku University, Science Reports, 2nd Series (Geology), Special Volume 6:371-390

Parent taxon: Cancellothyridoidea according to C. C. Emig et al. 2013

See also Williams et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Cancellothyrididae, Chlidonophoridae, Inopinatarculidae, Pseudokingena

Subtaxa: Arcuatothyridinae Cnismatocentridae parvum Cnismatocentridae sakhalinensis Cnismatocentrum

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Type: Cnismatocentrum

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Czechia (2 collections), France (7), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Switzerland (7), Tajikistan (2), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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