Tioriorithyris Hiller and MacKinnon 2000 (lamp shell)

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

Parent taxon: Stethothyridinae according to N. Hiller and D. A. MacKinnon 2000

Sister taxa: Aliquantula, Austrothyris, Cudmorella, Elderra, Epacrothyris, Pilkena, Rhizothyris, Stethothyris

Subtaxa: Tioriorithyris chathamensis

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Type: Campages chathamensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of New Zealand (3 collections)

• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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