Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Alternative combinations: Costirhynchia mentzeli, Rhynchonella mentzeli, Rhynchonella mentzelii, Terebratula mentzelii
Full reference: L. von Buch. 1843. Über Terebratula mentzelii im tarnowitzer Muschelkalke. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1843:253-256
Belongs to Costirhynchopsis according to J. Palfy 2003
See also Bittner 1890, Dagys 1974, Pálfy 1988, Siblik 1971 and von Buch 1843
Sister taxa: Costirhynchopsis carantana, Costirhynchopsis pavoplicata, Costirhynchopsis rhomba, Costirhynchopsis ruttneri, Costirhynchopsis sinensis, Costirhynchopsis spatiosa, Costirhynchopsis tienchungensis, Costirhynchopsis vidlicis, Costirhynchopsis xingyiensis, Costirhynchopsis xui
Type specimen: Its type locality is Friedrichshütte, Tarnowitz, which is in a Pelsonian marine carbonate in the Karchowice Formation of Poland
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 collections), Hungary (16), Poland (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (1)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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