Tonasirhynchia janini Lobatscheva et al. 1994 (brachiopod)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Ochotorhynchiidae

Full reference: S. V. Lobatscheva, and T.N. Smirnova. 1994. A new brachiopod genus of the family Ochotorhynchiidae from the Lower Cretaceous of the Crimea. Paleontological Journal (Paleontologicheskii zhurnal) 28(3):165-171

Belongs to Tonasirhynchia according to S. V. Lobatscheva et al. 1994

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: TsNIGRmuzey No. 1/12075. Its type locality is Seep 1, Janusfjellet, which is in a Berriasian offshore shelf carbonate in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Cape Ilya

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