Grandirhynchia grandis Buckman 1917 (rhynchonellid brachiopod)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

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

Belongs to Grandirhynchia according to D. V. Ager 1956

Sister taxa: Grandirhynchia elii, Grandirhynchia laevigata

Type specimen: G.S. Edin. 2580. Its type locality is Main Mine cutting, Isle of Raasay, which is in a Spinatum marine sandstone in the Scalpa Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (10 collections)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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