Sulciphoria acutimarginata Smirnova 1992 (rhynchonellid brachiopod)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Full reference: T. N. Smirnova. 1992. Late Mesozoic Brachiopods of the Caspian Depression and the Russian Platform. Paleontological Journal 26(1):25-35

Belongs to Sulciphoria according to T. N. Smirnova 1992

Sister taxon: Minutulirhynchia triangularis

Type specimen: MU, No. 139/1673. Its type locality is 80km west of Aktybinsk (=Aktobe), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian marine sandstone in Kazakhstan.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 80km west of Aktybinsk (=Aktobe)

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