Miogryphus Hertlein and Grant IV 1944 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Full reference: L. G. Hertlein and U. S. Grant IV. 1944. The Cenozoic Brachiopoda of Western North America. The Cenozoic Brachiopoda of Western North America 3:1-236

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, Leptothyrellopsis, Lutetiarcula, Magas, Megathyridoidea, Mosaethyrididae, Platidioidea, Praeneothyris, Rhynchora, Rhynchorina, Terebratelloidea, Tiaretithyris, Timacella, Xinjiangthyris, Yabeithyris, Yuezhuella, Zeillerioidea, Zhidothyris

Subtaxa: Miogryphus willetti

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Miogryphus in the database

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