Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Invalid subtaxa: Microthyridina Schuchert and LeVene 1929, Microthyris Deslongchamps 1884 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Vectellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Muir-Wood 1935, Schuchert and LeVene 1929 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Advenina, Aulacothyroides, Carpatothyris, Cheirothyris, Enodithyris, Epicyrta, Fletcherithyroides, Gemerithyris, Karpatiella, Kedrovothyris, Modestella, Parantiptychia, Tauromenia, Tetjuchithyris, Vectella, Zeillerina
Subtaxa: Microthyridina farquharsoni Ornithella (Delmontanella) Ornithella blumbergensis Ornithella boxensis Ornithella curticensis Ornithella digonoides Ornithella douvillei Ornithella expolita Ornithella gemina Ornithella jomdaensis Ornithella longa Ornithella moeschi Ornithella pseudolagenalis Ornithella sichuanensis Ornithella skidegatensis Ornithella syringothyrides
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (7 collections)
• Jurassic of Bulgaria (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), France (2), Germany (6), Greenland (3), Saudi Arabia (10), Somalia (2), Switzerland (7), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: California), Yemen (8)
• Triassic of China (3)
Total: 54 collections including 67 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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