Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Full reference: D. A. B. MacFarlan. 1992. Triassic and Jurassic Rhynchonellacea (Brachiopoda) from New Zealand and New Caledonia. Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 31:1-310
Parent taxon: Nucleusorhynchiinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Nucleusorhynchia, Uniplicatorhynchia
Subtaxa: Murihikurhynchia arataurana Murihikurhynchia braxtonensis Murihikurhynchia carolinae Murihikurhynchia malingi Murihikurhynchia pitfurensis
Type: Murihikurhynchia malingi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of New Caledonia (1 collection), New Zealand (15)
• Triassic to Jurassic of New Zealand (1)
• Triassic of New Caledonia (8), New Zealand (44)
Total: 69 collections including 76 occurrences
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