†Cooperrhynchia Sandy and Campbell 1994 (lamp shell)
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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
Type: Rhynchonella schucherti
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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