Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
Full reference: N. Hiller and D. A. MacKinnon. 2000. A reappraisal of the systematics of the Stethothyris group of brachiopods from the Cenozoic of New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 43:59-81
Belongs to Epacrothyris according to N. Hiller and D. A. MacKinnon 2000
Sister taxa: Epacrothyris pectoralis, Epacrothyris sufflata
Type specimen: UCM1558, a shell. Its type locality is Kaihoka Lake Beach, which is in a Chattian shoreface sandstone in the Abel Head Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of New Zealand (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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