Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Full reference: I. Seifert. 1963. Die Brachiopoden des oberen Dogger der Schwäbischen Alb [Brachiopods from the Upper Dogger of the Swabian Alb]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 121:156-203
Parent taxon: Postepithyrididae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arceythyris, Caryona, Conarothyris, Crispithyris, Epithyris, Euidothyris, Ferrythyris, Galliennithyris, Glyphisaria, Habrobrochus, Heimia, Holcothyris, Juralina, Kutchithyris, Maritimithyris, Millythyris, Moeschia, Peculneithyris, Perrierithyris, Petalothyris, Plectoidothyris, Postepithyris, Pseudoaulacothyris, Somalithyris, Thadiqithyris, Xestosina
Subtaxa: Gigantothyris abscondita Gigantothyris blanda Gigantothyris deducta Gigantothyris dorsoplanata Gigantothyris finkelsteini Gigantothyris gigantea Gigantothyris luculenta Gigantothyris ochoticus Gigantothyris pulchra
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Austria (1 collection), France (1), Germany (4), Italy (4), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 11 collections including 18 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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