Ptilorhynchia australis Thomson and Owen 1979 (rhynchonellid brachiopod)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Full reference: M. R. A. Thomson and E. F. Owen. 1979. Lower Cretaceous Brachiopoda from South-Eastern Alexander Island. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin (48)15-36

Belongs to Ptilorhynchia according to Thomson and Owen 1979

Sister taxa: Ptilorhynchia (Proteorhynchia), Ptilorhynchia (Ptilorhynchia), Ptilorhynchia anabarensis, Ptilorhynchia anadyrensis, Ptilorhynchia exigua, Ptilorhynchia glabra, Ptilorhynchia jeletzkyi, Ptilorhynchia lenaensis, Ptilorhynchia mclachlani, Ptilorhynchia obscuricostata, Ptilorhynchia plumasensis, Ptilorhynchia pugnaciformis, Ptilorhynchia seducta

Type specimen: KG.2.79. Its type locality is KG 2 (Locality H), which is in the Aptian of mudstone/conglomerate the Fossil Bluff Formation Antarctica.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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