Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1955. New Cretaceous Brachiopoda from Arizona. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 131(4):1-18
Belongs to Cyclothyris according to D. V. Ager 1964
Sister taxa: Cyclothyris acuticostalis, Cyclothyris africana, Cyclothyris aliformis, Cyclothyris alikentica, Cyclothyris astieriana, Cyclothyris bitririca, Cyclothyris burgemakensis, Cyclothyris cardiatelia, Cyclothyris compressa, Cyclothyris dagestanica, Cyclothyris densleonis, Cyclothyris difformis, Cyclothyris ementitum, Cyclothyris formosa, Cyclothyris gibbsiana, Cyclothyris globata, Cyclothyris juigneti, Cyclothyris kennedyi, Cyclothyris lamarckiana, Cyclothyris larwoodi, Cyclothyris latissima, Cyclothyris punfieldensis, Cyclothyris segurai, Cyclothyris subtrigonalis, Cyclothyris sutchanensis, Cyclothyris tenuicostata, Cyclothyris ulaganica, Cyclothyris vespertilio, Cyclothyris zudakharica
Type specimen: USNM No. 124193a, a shell. Its type locality is Small hill opposite Glance Canyon mouth, 0.2 miles off US-80, which is in an Albian reef, buildup or bioherm rudstone in Arizona.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Arizona, Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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