Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Full reference: D. A. B. MacFarlan. 2016. Middle and Late Jurassic terebratulides from New Zealand. Palaeoworld 25:467-495
Belongs to Kutchithyris according to D. A. B. MacFarlan 2016
Sister taxa: Kutchithyris acutiplicata, Kutchithyris amdoensis, Kutchithyris anongensis, Kutchithyris breviplicata, Kutchithyris brivesi, Kutchithyris challinori, Kutchithyris dengqenensis, Kutchithyris dhosaensis, Kutchithyris egregia, Kutchithyris euryptycha, Kutchithyris ferrandii, Kutchithyris fulva, Kutchithyris hendersoni, Kutchithyris hypsogonia, Kutchithyris ingluviosa, Kutchithyris jooraensis, Kutchithyris katametopa, Kutchithyris kennedyi, Kutchithyris lingularis, Kutchithyris mitra, Kutchithyris mulaensis, Kutchithyris pentagonalis, Kutchithyris planiconvexa, Kutchithyris propinqua, Kutchithyris pygmae, Kutchithyris pyroidea, Kutchithyris tibetica, Kutchithyris zamdaensis
Type specimen: McF 10M2/3, a shell. Its type locality is McF 10M2, Marokopa Valley road quarry (R16/f0428), which is in a Bajocian marine horizon in New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of New Caledonia (1 collection), New Zealand (7)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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