Paraplicirhynchia Bitner 1996 (rhynchonellid brachiopod)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Hemithirididae

Full reference: M. A. Bitner. 1996. Brachiopods from the Eocene La Meseta Formation of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Palaeontologia Polonica 55:65-100

Parent taxon: Hemithyrididae according to M. A. Bitner 1996

Sister taxa: Hemithiris, Patagorhynchia

Subtaxa: Paraplicirhynchia gazdzickii

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Type: Paraplicirhynchia gazdzickii

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at ZPAL 1, Bill Hill, Telm 1 (Eocene of Antarctica)

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