Kallirhynchia valliculae Crickmay 1933 (rhynchonellid brachiopod)

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 phylarchus, Kallirhynchia robusta, Kallirhynchia subplicatella, Kallirhynchia whiteavesi, Kallirhynchia yaxleyensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Head of Combe Canyon, north of Mt. Jura, which is in a Tithonian marine sandstone in California.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Head of Combe Canyon, north of Mt. Jura

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