Herangirhynchia MacFarlan 1992 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Full reference: D. A. B. MacFarlan. 1992. Triassic and Jurassic Rhynchonellacea (Brachiopoda) from New Zealand and New Caledonia. Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 31:1-310

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Choffatirhynchia, Curtirhynchia, Fusirhynchia, Homoeorhynchia, Kabanoviella, Laevigaterhynchia, Lunarhynchia, Planirhynchia, Rhynchonella, Rhynchonelloidea

Subtaxa: Herangirhynchia arawheroensis Herangirhynchia awakinoensis Herangirhynchia herangiensis Herangirhynchia otamitaensis Herangirhynchia otapiriensis

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Type: Herangirhynchia herangiensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of New Caledonia (11 collections), New Zealand (138)

• Triassic of New Zealand (3)

Total: 152 collections including 156 occurrences

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