†Meonia (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Chlidonophoridae
Parent taxon: Chlidonophorinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Cooper 1973 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Chlidonophora, Deslongchampsithyris, Disculina, Gisilina, Prochlidonophora, Rugia
Subtaxa: Meonia semiglobularis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Denmark (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Denmark (5), France (21)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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