Rhynchonelloidea Buckman 1917 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Full reference: S. S. Buckman. 1917. The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 3(2):1-254

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Rhynchonelloidea (Aalenirhynchia) Rhynchonelloidea angulata Rhynchonelloidea curvivarians Rhynchonelloidea cynica Rhynchonelloidea formalis Rhynchonelloidea goyi Rhynchonelloidea lineata Rhynchonelloidea ruthenensis Rhynchonelloidea subangulata Rhynchonelloidea varians

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Type: Rhynchonelloidea ruthenensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Argentina (1 collection), Bulgaria (1), Chile (14), France (23), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (11), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (16)

• Silurian of United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 72 collections including 84 occurrences

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