Family Megathyrididae Dall 1870 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae

Parent taxon: Megathyridoidea according to M. A. Bitner and A. Müller 2017

See also Emig et al. 2013 and Williams et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Praeargyrothecidae, Thaumatosiidae

Subtaxa: Argyrotheca Borellithyris Bronnothyris Joania Megathiris Phragmothyris

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Type: Megathiris

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Barbados (3 collections), France (1), Greece (1), Italy (6), Jamaica (4)

• Pliocene of Algeria (1), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (14), Spain (4)

• Miocene of Algeria (5), Austria (2), Bulgaria (3), Cuba (4), Cyprus (1), the Czech Republic (6), Germany (3), Hungary (3), Indonesia (1), Iran (2), Italy (8), Malta (2), Morocco (2), New Zealand (5), Poland (39), Romania (1), Slovenia (1), Syria (1)

• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1), Cuba (2), France (5), Germany (9), Iran (1), Puerto Rico (2)

• Eocene of Austria (10), Cuba (10), France (14), Germany (2), Hungary (6), New Zealand (2), North Atlantic (1), Peru (1), Spain (4), Tonga (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (6: North Carolina, South Carolina)

• Paleocene of Denmark (17), France (1), Germany (1), Spain (3), United States (4: Alabama, New Jersey, Texas)

• Cretaceous of Belgium (33), Cuba (1), Denmark (7), Germany (2), the Netherlands (2), Poland (4), the United Kingdom (20)

• Jurassic of United States (1: California)

Total: 301 collections including 509 occurrences

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