Kallirhynchia phylarchus Crickmay 1933 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

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 Kallirhynchia according to C. H. Crickmay 1933

Sister taxa: Kallirhynchia anglica, Kallirhynchia arabica, Kallirhynchia concinna, Kallirhynchia dispar, Kallirhynchia distendens, Kallirhynchia fornix, Kallirhynchia indentata, Kallirhynchia morierei, Kallirhynchia multicosta, Kallirhynchia multicostata, Kallirhynchia myrina, Kallirhynchia namtuensis, Kallirhynchia nudata, Kallirhynchia obesa, Kallirhynchia oranensis, Kallirhynchia orbicularis, Kallirhynchia orthidioides, Kallirhynchia robusta, Kallirhynchia subplicatella, Kallirhynchia valliculae, Kallirhynchia whiteavesi, Kallirhynchia yaxleyensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ravine 34, (Stiphromorphites zone) southwest slope of Mount Jura, which is in a Bajocian marine sandstone in the Mormon Formation of California

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ravine 34, (Stiphromorphites zone) southwest slope of Mount Jura

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