Glyphisaria Cooper 1983 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1983. The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda) Triassic to Recent: a study of the brachidia (loops). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50:1-290

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arceythyris, Caryona, Conarothyris, Crispithyris, Epithyris, Euidothyris, Ferrythyris, Galliennithyris, Gigantothyris, Habrobrochus, Heimia, Holcothyris, Juralina, Kutchithyris, Maritimithyris, Millythyris, Moeschia, Peculneithyris, Perrierithyris, Petalothyris, Plectoidothyris, Postepithyris, Pseudoaulacothyris, Somalithyris, Thadiqithyris, Xestosina

Subtaxa: Glyphisaria divergens Glyphisaria uniplicata

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Type: Glyphisaria uniplicata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Saudi Arabia (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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