Superfamily Bouchardioidea Allan 1940 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Parent taxon: Terebratellidina according to C. C. Emig et al. 2013

See also Williams et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Antigoniarcula, Dallinoidea, Eogryphus, Gwyniella, Hercothyris, Kingenoidea, Kraussinoidea, Kurakithyris, Laqueoidea, Leptothyrellopsis, Lutetiarcula, Magas, Megathyridoidea, Miogryphus, Mosaethyrididae, Platidioidea, Praeneothyris, Rhynchora, Rhynchorina, Terebratelloidea, Tiaretithyris, Timacella, Xinjiangthyris, Yabeithyris, Yuezhuella, Zeillerioidea, Zhidothyris

Subtaxa: Bouchardiidae

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1 collection)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (2)

• Eocene of Antarctica (9), Argentina (2)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Australia (1)

• Paleogene of Antarctica (9)

• Cretaceous of Australia (19)

Total: 43 collections each including a single occurrence

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