Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Full reference: E. F. Owen. 1988. Cenomanian brachiopods from the Lower Chalk of Britain and northern Europe. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 44(2):65-175
Parent taxon: Sellithyridinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Boubeithyris, Glosseudesia, Loriolithyris, Musculina, Paraboubeithyris, Phaseolina, Sellithyris, Walkerithyris
Subtaxa: Ovatathyris ovata Ovatathyris potternensis
Type: Terebratula ovata
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Romania (1), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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