Murihikurhynchia MacFarlan 1992 (lamp shell)

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

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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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