Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Full reference: D. A. B. MacFarlan. 2016. Middle and Late Jurassic terebratulides from New Zealand. Palaeoworld 25:467-495
Belongs to Aulacothyris according to D. A. B. MacFarlan 2016
Sister taxa: Aulacothyris anatolica, Aulacothyris ballinensis, Aulacothyris canaliculata, Aulacothyris carinata, Aulacothyris cognata, Aulacothyris crewkerniensis, Aulacothyris doultingensis, Aulacothyris florella, Aulacothyris fuggeri, Aulacothyris geyeri, Aulacothyris gibba, Aulacothyris hypocirta, Aulacothyris iberica, Aulacothyris impressa, Aulacothyris incurvata, Aulacothyris joharensis, Aulacothyris jubaensis, Aulacothyris karabugasensis, Aulacothyris loeffelholzii, Aulacothyris mandelslohi, Aulacothyris megacompressa, Aulacothyris meriani, Aulacothyris mira, Aulacothyris obesula, Aulacothyris pala, Aulacothyris praevaliana, Aulacothyris reclinata, Aulacothyris redunca, Aulacothyris reflexa, Aulacothyris resupinata, Aulacothyris simulatrix, Aulacothyris soror, Aulacothyris sparsa, Aulacothyris stevensi, Aulacothyris subalveata, Aulacothyris subruedti, Aulacothyris subsandlingensis, Aulacothyris supina, Aulacothyris telleri, Aulacothyris trochilus, Aulacothyris turgidula, Aulacothyris uralica, Aulacothyris zirlensis, Aulacothyris zugmayeri, Waldheimia (Aulacothyris) praepulchella
Type specimen: AU B445, a shell. Its type locality is AU 15913, Opuatia Cliff (R13/f6613), which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of New Zealand (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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