Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
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 Praecyclothyris according to T. N. Smirnova 1992
Sister taxa: Septaliphoria arduennensis, Septaliphoria astieriana, Septaliphoria astieriformis, Septaliphoria compta, Septaliphoria corallina, Septaliphoria hudlestoni, Septaliphoria jakovlevi, Septaliphoria kowalevskii, Septaliphoria lungchiangensis, Septaliphoria moravica, Septaliphoria mourdoni, Septaliphoria muogdanensis, Septaliphoria nalivkini, Septaliphoria orbignyana, Septaliphoria paucicosta, Septaliphoria pectunculoides, Septaliphoria pinguis, Septaliphoria pulchra, Septaliphoria septentrionalis, Septaliphoria sobolevi, Septaliphoria subrotunda, Septaliphoria zacharlensis, Praecyclothyris moeschi, Praecyclothyris gracilis, Praecyclothyris bogoslovskii, Praecyclothyris badensis, Praecyclothyris verevkinensis, Praecyclothyris berriasensis
Type specimen: MU, No. 139/2019. 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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