Burrirhynchia latimarginata Smirnova 2012 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Full reference: T. N. Smirnova. 2012. Early Cretaceous Rhynchonellids of Dagestan: System, Morphology, Stratigraphic and Paleobiogeographic Significance. Paleontological Journal 46(11):1197-1296

Belongs to Burrirhynchia according to T. N. Smirnova 2012

Sister taxa: Burrirhynchia angustisinuata, Burrirhynchia devoniana, Burrirhynchia oweni, Burrirhynchia polygona, Burrirhynchia sigma, Burrirhynchia subgrasiana, Burrirhynchia tripartita

Type specimen: PIN no. 4898/2938. Its type locality is 3km from Alikent, upstream Tsmurchai River, which is in an Aptian marine sandstone in the Gundara Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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