Acanthorhynchia Buckman 1917 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Acanthothirididae

Full reference: S. S. Buckman. 1917. The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 3(2):1-254

Parent taxon: Acanthorhynchiinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthothyropsis, Echinirhynchia

Subtaxa: Acanthorhynchia (Acanthorhynchia) Acanthorhynchia (Echinirhynchia) Acanthorhynchia nikitinensis Acanthorhynchia panacanthina Acanthorhynchia senticosa

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Type: Acanthothyris panacanthina

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (3 collections), the Czech Republic (2)

• Jurassic of Austria (1), Bulgaria (1), France (13), Germany (2), Hungary (2), Kenya (1), Switzerland (2), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (5)

Total: 33 collections including 34 occurrences

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