Grestenella Siblik 1999 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Full reference: M. Siblik. 1999. New data on the Hettangian brachiopod fauna of the Northern Calcareous Alps (Austria, Bavaria). Abhandlungen der geologischen Bundesanstalt 56(2):419-438

Parent taxon: Rhynchonellidae according to M. Siblik 1999

Sister taxa: Bilaminellinae, Davanirhynchiinae, Hypothyris, Ivanoviellinae, Nucleusorhynchiinae, Piarorhynchiinae, Praecyclothyrinae, Rhynchonellinae, Striirhynchiinae, Uralorhynchiinae

Subtaxa: Grestenella austriaca

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Type: Rhynchonella austriaca

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pechgraben, near Weyer (Jurassic of Austria)

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