Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Synonym: Eurypthyris
Full reference: S. S. Buckman. 1917. The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 3(2):1-254
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, Glyphisaria, Habrobrochus, Heimia, Holcothyris, Juralina, Maritimithyris, Millythyris, Moeschia, Peculneithyris, Perrierithyris, Petalothyris, Plectoidothyris, Postepithyris, Pseudoaulacothyris, Somalithyris, Thadiqithyris, Xestosina
Subtaxa: Kutchithyris acutiplicata Kutchithyris amdoensis Kutchithyris anongensis Kutchithyris breviplicata Kutchithyris brivesi Kutchithyris challinori Kutchithyris dengqenensis Kutchithyris dhosaensis Kutchithyris egregia Kutchithyris euryptycha Kutchithyris ferrandii Kutchithyris fulva Kutchithyris hendersoni Kutchithyris hypsogonia Kutchithyris ingluviosa Kutchithyris jooraensis Kutchithyris katametopa Kutchithyris kennedyi Kutchithyris lingularis Kutchithyris marokopaensis Kutchithyris mitra Kutchithyris mulaensis Kutchithyris pentagonalis Kutchithyris planiconvexa Kutchithyris propinqua Kutchithyris pygmae Kutchithyris pyroidea Kutchithyris tibetica Kutchithyris zamdaensis
Type: Terebratula acutiplicata
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Morocco (5 collections)
• Heterian of New Zealand (2)
• Jurassic of China (9), Eritrea (1), Ethiopia (3), India (55), Israel (1), Madagascar (14), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (46), Saudi Arabia (3), Somalia (1), Tunisia (2), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 145 collections including 188 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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