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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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