Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Full reference: A. S. Dagys. 1965. Triasovye Brakhiopody Sibiri 1-186
Parent taxon: Vectellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Bychkov et al. 1976, Dagys 1977 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Advenina, Carpatothyris, Cheirothyris, Enodithyris, Epicyrta, Fletcherithyroides, Gemerithyris, Karpatiella, Kedrovothyris, Modestella, Ornithella, Parantiptychia, Tauromenia, Tetjuchithyris, Vectella, Zeillerina
Subtaxa: Aulacothyroides alius Aulacothyroides bulkutensis Aulacothyroides gizhigensis Aulacothyroides ochoticus Aulacothyroides teres
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (4: British Columbia collections), China (1), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (13), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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