†family Sapphicorhynchidae Sartenaer 2007 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Sapphicorhynchidae

Full reference: P. Sartenaer. 2007. Sapphicorhynchus, a new early Givetian rhynchonellid (brachiopod) genus from western New York State, USA, and Sapphicorhynchidae, n. fam. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 77:41-61

Parent taxon: Rhynchonelloidea according to P. Sartenaer 2007

Sister taxa: Acanthothirididae, Inaequalibellirostridae, Nucinulidae, Platyterorhynchidae, Rhynchonellidae, Lepidocyclidae

Subtaxa: Sapphicorhynchus

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Colombia (2 collections), United States (18: Indiana, New York, Pennsylvania)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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