Cererithyris Buckman 1917 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae

Full reference: S. S. Buckman. 1917. The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 3(2):1-254

Parent taxon: Cererithyridinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Animonithyris, Mexicaria, Plectothyris, Rocheithyris

Subtaxa: Cererithyris arkelli Cererithyris dorsetensis Cererithyris fleischeri Cererithyris intermedia Cererithyris linguifera Cererithyris ovalis Cererithyris pentagonalis

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Type: Terebratula intermedia

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Bulgaria (6 collections), China (1), Ethiopia (13), France (13), Germany (1), Hungary (2), Jordan (6), Kenya (1), Saudi Arabia (4), Somalia (1), the United Kingdom (5), Yemen (10)

Total: 63 collections including 70 occurrences

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