Superfamily Kraussinoidea Dall 1870 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Parent taxon: Terebratellidina according to M. A. Bitner and A. Müller 2017

See also Bitner and Martinell 2001, Emig et al. 2013 and Williams et al. 2006

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

Subtaxa: Kraussinidae

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections), Greece (2), Italy (16)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)

• Pliocene of Algeria (4), Italy (3), Morocco (1), South Africa (4), Spain (4), Syria (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Bulgaria (1), the Czech Republic (2), Hungary (1), Italy (7), New Zealand (4), Poland (15), Romania (2), Slovenia (1), South Africa (5), Spain (1)

• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (3)

• Eocene of Romania (1), Ukraine (1)

• Cretaceous of United States (1: California)

• Jurassic of Germany (1)

Total: 87 collections including 102 occurrences

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