Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida
Full reference: M. A. Bitner and A. Pisera. 1979. Brachiopods from the Upper Cretaceous chalk of Mielnik (eastern Poland). Acta Geologica Polonica 29:67-88
Parent taxon: Terebratellidina according to A. Williams et al. 2007
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Antigoniarcula, Bouchardioidea, Dallinoidea, Eogryphus, Gwyniella, Hercothyris, Kingenoidea, Kraussinoidea, Kurakithyris, Laqueoidea, Lutetiarcula, Magas, Megathyridoidea, Miogryphus, Mosaethyrididae, Platidioidea, Praeneothyris, Rhynchora, Rhynchorina, Terebratelloidea, Tiaretithyris, Timacella, Xinjiangthyris, Yabeithyris, Yuezhuella, Zeillerioidea, Zhidothyris
Subtaxa: Leptothyrellopsis polonicus
Type: Leptothyrellopsis polonicus
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Denmark (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (24), Denmark (7), Poland (2), the United Kingdom (23)
Total: 57 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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