Rhactorhynchia brevis Buckman 1917 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Full reference: S. S. Buckman. 1917. The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 3(2):1-254

Belongs to Rhactorhynchia according to V. P. Kamyshan and L. I. Babanova 1973

See also Buckman 1917

Sister taxa: Rhactorhynchia albertensis, Rhactorhynchia borissjaki, Rhactorhynchia diffusa, Rhactorhynchia distracta, Rhactorhynchia grigorievi, Rhactorhynchia gurovi, Rhactorhynchia hampenensis, Rhactorhynchia humilis, Rhactorhynchia impar, Rhactorhynchia lauta, Rhactorhynchia lutugini, Rhactorhynchia oscolica, Rhactorhynchia pinguis, Rhactorhynchia quadriplicata, Rhactorhynchia regalis, Rhactorhynchia rhacta, Rhactorhynchia subquadriplicata, Rhactorhynchia subtetrahedra, Rhactorhynchia termieri, Rhactorhynchia trigona, Rhactorhynchia tumefacta, Rhactorhynchia turgidula, Rhactorhynchia voluta

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bradford Abbas, Fossil Bed (Buckman), which is in a Bajocian carbonate limestone in the Aston Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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