Ptilorhynchia plumasensis Crickmay 1933 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Full reference: C. H. Crickmay. 1933. Attempt to Zone the North American Jurassic on the Basis of its Brachiopods. Geological Society America Bulletin 44:871-894

Belongs to Ptilorhynchia according to Crickmay 1933

Sister taxa: Ptilorhynchia (Proteorhynchia), Ptilorhynchia (Ptilorhynchia), Ptilorhynchia anabarensis, Ptilorhynchia anadyrensis, Ptilorhynchia australis, Ptilorhynchia exigua, Ptilorhynchia glabra, Ptilorhynchia jeletzkyi, Ptilorhynchia lenaensis, Ptilorhynchia mclachlani, Ptilorhynchia obscuricostata, Ptilorhynchia seducta

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hinchman Ravine, Curtice Cliff, which is in a Callovian marine sandstone in the Hinchman Formation of California

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hinchman Ravine, Curtice Cliff

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