†family Praeargyrothecidae MacKinnon and Smirnova 1995 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Praeargyrothecidae
Full reference: D. I. MacKinnon and T. N. Smirnova. 1995. Scanning electron microscopy study of Cretaceous brachiopods of the new family Praeargyrothecidae: implications for megathyroid systematics and terebratulide phylogeny. Journal of Paleontology 69(4):670-685
Parent taxon: Megathyridoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also MacKinnon and Smirnova 1995
Sister taxa: Megathyrididae, Thaumatosiidae
Subtaxa: Evargyrotheca Krimargyrotheca Praeargyrotheca
Type: Praeargyrotheca
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Ukraine (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections including 8 occurrences