Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Synonym: Formosarhynchia Seifert 1963
Full reference: S. S. Buckman. 1917. The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 3(2):1-254
Parent taxon: Tetrarhynchiinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Baeorhynchia, Belbekella, Daghanirhynchia, Deltarhynchia, Druganirhynchia, Echyrosia, Eoseptaliphoria, Goniorhynchia, Grandirhynchia, Korjakirhynchia, Orlovirhynchia, Pontaltorhynchia, Pycnoria, Quadratirhynchia, Robustirhynchia, Somalirhynchia, Talexirhynchia, Tetrarhynchia, Triasorhynchia
Subtaxa: Cymatorhynchia cymatophorina Cymatorhynchia pugnacea Cymatorhynchia quadriplicata Cymatorhynchia schardti Cymatorhynchia singularis Formosarhynchia bruta Formosarhynchia dumortieri Formosarhynchia formosa Formosarhynchia spathica Formosarhynchia undosa
Type: Rhynchonella cymatophorina
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Bulgaria (2 collections), Ethiopia (6), France (58), Germany (7), Jordan (7), Kenya (2), Morocco (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Serbia (2), Slovakia (2), Somalia (2), Spain (2), Switzerland (5), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 101 collections including 112 occurrences
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