Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Alternative spelling: Xenostina
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 C. Y. Mahboubi et al. 2021
See also Hantzpergue et al. 2004, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Arceythyris, Caryona, Conarothyris, Crispithyris, Epithyris, Euidothyris, Ferrythyris, Galliennithyris, Gigantothyris, Glyphisaria, Habrobrochus, Heimia, Holcothyris, Juralina, Kutchithyris, Maritimithyris, Millythyris, Moeschia, Peculneithyris, Perrierithyris, Petalothyris, Plectoidothyris, Postepithyris, Pseudoaulacothyris, Somalithyris, Thadiqithyris
Subtaxa: Xestosina arguta Xestosina portlandica Xestosina sera Xestosina subsella Xestosina suprajurensis Xestosina thurmanni
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Algeria (1 collection), Bulgaria (1), Eritrea (3), Ethiopia (10), France (9), Germany (1), Iran (1), Kenya (2), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Poland (3), Portugal (1), Somalia (6), Spain (1), Switzerland (6), Tunisia (6), Ukraine (3), Yemen (4)
Total: 60 collections including 65 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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