Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae
Full reference: P. R. Hoover. 1979. Early Triassic Terebratulid brachiopods from the western interior of the United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1057:1-21
Belongs to Rhaetina according to P. R. Hoover 1979
Sister taxa: Rhaetina beskessensis, Rhaetina caucasica, Rhaetina columnaris, Rhaetina elliptica, Rhaetina gregaria, Rhaetina jomdaensis, Rhaetina ovalis, Rhaetina parva, Rhaetina pyriformis, Rhaetina subcircularis, Rhaetina taurica, Rhaetina tirolensis, Rhaetina triangularis, Rhaetina zigasiensis, Sanqiaothyris asymmetros, Sanqiaothyris qabdoensis, Sanqiaothyris majiaobaensis, Sanqiaothyris circularis, Sanqiaothyris dorsaplana, Sanqiaothyris elliptica, Rhaetinopsis zadoensis, Rhaetinopsis yunnanensis, Rhaetinopsis pentagonalis, Rhaetinopsis ovata
Type specimen: USNM 242054. Its type locality is USGS 1291-PC, Higham Peak, which is in a Spathian carbonate limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (2: Idaho collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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