Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Full reference: I. Seifert. 1963. Die Brachiopoden des oberen Dogger der Schwäbischen Alb [Brachiopods from the Upper Dogger of the Swabian Alb]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 121:156-203
Belongs to Gigantothyris according to I. Seifert 1963
Sister taxa: Gigantothyris abscondita, Gigantothyris blanda, Gigantothyris deducta, Gigantothyris finkelsteini, Gigantothyris gigantea, Gigantothyris luculenta, Gigantothyris ochoticus, Gigantothyris pulchra
Type specimen: Its type locality is Stuifen, Humphriesi Oolith, which is in a Bajocian marine horizon in the "Humphriesi Oolith" Formation of Germany
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Stuifen, Humphriesi Oolith
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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