Aucklandirhynchia sexagesimae MacFarlan 1992 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae

Full reference: D. A. B. MacFarlan. 1992. Triassic and Jurassic Rhynchonellacea (Brachiopoda) from New Zealand and New Caledonia. Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 31:1-310

Belongs to Aucklandirhynchia according to D. A. B. MacFarlan 1992

Sister taxa: Aucklandirhynchia aucklandica, Aucklandirhynchia laevis, Aucklandirhynchia opuatiaensis

Type specimen: JDC C2918, a shell. Its type locality is JDC 1837, Conical Hill, Otapiri Gorge (E45/f9860), which is in a Pliensbachian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of New Zealand (13 collections)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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