Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dallinidae
Synonyms: Dicrosia Cooper 1978, Isumithyris Hatai 1948, Miyakothyris, Nipponithyris (Miyakothyris)
Parent taxon: Nipponithyridinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Bitner 2008, Cooper 1978, Hatai 1940 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Campages
Subtaxa: Isumithyris kazusaensis Nipponithyris (Miyakothyris) subovata Nipponithyris afra Nipponithyris fijiensis Nipponithyris lauensis Nipponithyris nipponensis Nipponithyris notoensis Nipponithyris snisiyamai Nipponithyris tayaensis Nipponithyris yabei
Type: Nipponithyris nipponensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (4 collections)
• Pliocene of Fiji (7)
• Miocene of Japan (2)
Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences
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