Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gibbithyrididae
Synonyms: Chatwinothyris, Ellipsothyris Sahni 1925, Magnithyris Sahni 1925, Ogmusia Cooper 1983, Ornithothyris , Piarothyris Sahni 1925, Pulchrithyris Sahni 1925
Parent taxon: Carneithyridinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Cooper 1983 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Carneithyris aequivalvis Carneithyris carnea Carneithyris ciplyensis Carneithyris hilarionis Carneithyris rockallensis Carneithyris subcardinalis Carneithyris subpentagonalis Carneithyris subregularis Ellipsothyris similis Magnithyris magna Ogmusia incissa Ornithothyris carinata Piarothyris rotunda Pulchrithyris gracilis
Type: Carneithyris subpentagonalis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), Switzerland (17)
• Paleocene of Denmark (11)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (3), Denmark (3), France (2), Germany (2), India (2), Kazakhstan (2), the Netherlands (2), North Atlantic (3), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (17), Uzbekistan (1)
Total: 67 collections including 72 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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