Fissirhynchia Pearson 1977 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae

Full reference: D. A. B. Pearson. 1977. Rhaetian brachiopods of Europe. Neue Denkschriften des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 1:1-85

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Fissirhynchia fissicostata Fissirhynchia pacifica Fissirhynchia wakefieldensis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Chile (5 collections)

• Triassic of Austria (51), China (2), Hungary (1), Iran (1), New Caledonia (14), New Zealand (28), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (7), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (3), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (3), Turkey (1), United States (3: Alaska)

Total: 122 collections including 123 occurrences

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