Notosaria Cooper 1959 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Notosariidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1959. Genera of Tertiary and Recent rhynchonelloid brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 130(5):1-90

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

See also Cooper 1959 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Plicirhynchia, Protegulorhynchia, Tegulorhynchia

Subtaxa: Notosaria antipoda Notosaria nigricans Notosaria nysti Notosaria seymourensis Notosaria sublaevis

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Type: Terebratula nigricans

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of New Zealand (3 collections)

• Pliocene of the Netherlands (2)

• Miocene of New Zealand (66), Poland (1)

• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (8)

• Eocene of Antarctica (2)

• Paleogene of Antarctica (1)

Total: 84 collections including 85 occurrences

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