Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1979. Tertiary and Cretaceous Brachiopods from Cuba and the Caribbean. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 37:1-45
Belongs to Gryphus according to G. A. Cooper 1979
Sister taxa: Gryphus angularis, Gryphus capensis, Gryphus carneoides, Gryphus clarkeana, Gryphus cookei, Gryphus dalli, Gryphus hanzawai, Gryphus kickxii, Gryphus kurotakiensis, Gryphus lentiformis, Gryphus minor, Gryphus miocaenicus, Gryphus oakvilleensis, Gryphus radiata, Gryphus rovasendianus, Gryphus sphenoideus, Gryphus stantoni, Gryphus tokionis, Gryphus vaughani, Gryphus vitrea, Gryphus vitreus, Gryphus washingtonensis, Gryphus yatungensis
Type specimen: USNM 549412a. Its type locality is Palmer Loc. No. 997, Jockey Club, Marianao, which is in a Miocene carbonate limestone in Cuba.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Palmer Loc. No. 997, Jockey Club, Marianao
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