†Gyrosoria Cooper 1973 (lamp shell)
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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, Cricosia, Cruralina, Symphythyris
Subtaxa: Gyrosoria gracilis Gyrosoria lata
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (7 collections), the Czech Republic (29), Germany (5), the Netherlands (5), the United Kingdom (9)
Total: 55 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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