†Thebesia Amsden 1974 (rhynchonellid brachiopod)
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Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Parent taxon: Virginiatinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Jin and Chatterton 1997 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Hostimex, Rhynchotreta, Virginiata
Subtaxa: Thebesia admiranda Thebesia crassicostata Thebesia scopulosa Thebesia thebesensis
Type: Rhynchotreta thebesensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whitwellian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories collections)
• Silurian of Canada (5: Nunavut, Quebec), China (3)
• Ordovician of Norway (7), the Russian Federation (4), United States (2: Illinois)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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