Sphenorhynchia Buckman 1917 (rhynchonellid brachiopod)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Prionorhynchiidae

Full reference: S. S. Buckman. 1917. The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 3(2):1-254

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amoenirhynchia, Lokutella, Prionorhynchia

Subtaxa: Sphenorhynchia angulata Sphenorhynchia asymmetrica Sphenorhynchia aviformis Sphenorhynchia bugeysiaca Sphenorhynchia ferryi Sphenorhynchia glaronensis Sphenorhynchia latereplanata Sphenorhynchia matisconensis Sphenorhynchia multicostata Sphenorhynchia plicatella Sphenorhynchia plicatelloides Sphenorhynchia subplicata Sphenorhynchia tatiensis Sphenorhynchia theresiae Sphenorhynchia varicostata Sphenorhynchia zraigensis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1 collection), Bulgaria (1), Chile (1), France (49), Georgia (1), Germany (1), India (2), Myanmar (1), the Russian Federation (2), Saudi Arabia (8), Slovakia (1), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (6)

Total: 78 collections including 81 occurrences

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