Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Alternative spelling: Flectcherithyris
Synonym: Fletcherina Stehli 1961 [replaced name]
Full reference: K. S. W. Campbell. 1965. Australian Permian terebratuloids. Bureau of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 68:3-146
Parent taxon: Dielasmatinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Campbell 1965 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Adygella, Amygdalocosta, Aspidothyris, Bittnerithyris, Coenothyris, Cruratula, Dareithyris, Dielasma, Dielasmina, Dongbaella, Ectoposia, Elasmata, Pirithyris, Plectelasma, Praerhaetina, Sulcatinella, Tibetothyris, Tosuhuthyris, Tunethyris, Whitspakia, Yochelsonia
Subtaxa: Fletcherina zealandica Fletcherithyris antesulcata Fletcherithyris biundata Fletcherithyris braxtonensis Fletcherithyris canni Fletcherithyris farleyensis Fletcherithyris galbina Fletcherithyris hardmani Fletcherithyris illawarrensis Fletcherithyris parkesi Fletcherithyris reidi Fletcherithyris scotti
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of New Zealand (12 collections), the Russian Federation (1)
• Permian of Australia (69), China (1), New Zealand (14), Oman (3), Thailand (1)
Total: 101 collections including 107 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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