†family Mosaethyrididae Simon 2005 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Mosaethyrididae

Full reference: E. Simon. 2005. New Lower Maastrichtian brachiopods (Gulpen Formation, Vijlen Member) from southern Limburg (The Netherlands). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 75:127-165

Parent taxon: Terebratellidina according to E. Simon 2005

Sister taxa: Antigoniarcula, Bouchardioidea, Dallinoidea, Eogryphus, Gwyniella, Hercothyris, Kingenoidea, Kraussinoidea, Kurakithyris, Laqueoidea, Leptothyrellopsis, Lutetiarcula, Magas, Megathyridoidea, Miogryphus, Platidioidea, Praeneothyris, Rhynchora, Rhynchorina, Terebratelloidea, Tiaretithyris, Timacella, Xinjiangthyris, Yabeithyris, Yuezhuella, Zeillerioidea, Zhidothyris

Subtaxa: Kingenella Mosaethyris

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Type: Mosaethyris

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Kazakhstan (1), the Netherlands (4)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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