Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Full reference: J. F. Baeza-Carratalá, M. Berrocal-Casero, and F. García Joral. 2023. Brachiopods from the Albian-Cenomanian transition (Cretaceous) of the Eastern Prebetic (South-Iberian paleomargin). Cretaceous Research 150(105583)
Belongs to Sellithyris according to J. F. Baeza-Carratalá et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Sellithyris carteroniana, Sellithyris coahuilensis, Sellithyris coxwellensis, Sellithyris engeli, Sellithyris essertensis, Sellithyris gratianopolitensis, Sellithyris mayuensis, Sellithyris middlemissi, Sellithyris phaseolina, Sellithyris sella, Sellithyris solei, Sellithyris tornacensis, Sellithyris uniplicata, Sellithyris upwarensis, Sellithyris upwarnensis
Type specimen: SC1402, a shell. Its type locality is Sierra del Cid, bed 14, which is in a Cenomanian carbonate marl in Spain.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Spain (12 collections)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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