Cooperrhynchia Sandy and Campbell 1994 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Dimerellidae

Full reference: M. R. Sandy and K. A. Campbell. 1994. New rhynchonellid brachiopod genus from Tithonian (Upper Jurassic) cold seep deposits of California and its paleoenvironmental setting. Journal of Paleontology 68(6):1243-1252

Parent taxon: Rhynchonellininae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Sandy and Campbell 1994 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ibergirhynchia, Rhynchonellina, Sulcirostra

Subtaxa: Cooperrhynchia schucherti

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Type: Rhynchonella schucherti

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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