Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Parent taxon: Exogyrinae according to S. Mendir et al. 2021
See also Aberhan et al. 2004 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amphidonteini, Ceratostreon, Costagyra, Exogyra, Exogyrini, Fluctogyra, Ilymatogyra, Nanogyra, Nanogyrini, Nutogyra, Planospirites, Vultogryphaea
Subtaxa: Rhynchostreon etalloni Rhynchostreon mermeti Rhynchostreon plicatulum Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Rhynchostreon tombeckianum
Type: Rhynchostreon chaperi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (2 collections), Algeria (7), Angola (1), Brazil (13), the Czech Republic (4), Egypt (48), France (15), Gabon (1), Germany (3), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Jordan (3), Libya (1), Morocco (2), Peru (7), Poland (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (2), Tunisia (1), USSR (4), United States (7: Arizona, New Mexico, Utah)
Total: 125 collections including 131 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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