Cricosia Cooper 1973 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1973. Fossil and recent Cancellothyridacea (Brachiopoda). Tohoku University, Science Reports, 2nd Series (Geology), Special Volume 6:371-390

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

See also Cooper 1973 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bisulcina, Cruralina, Gyrosoria, Symphythyris

Subtaxa: Cricosia filosa

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Type: Terebratulina filosa

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (10: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas collections)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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