Orthoptychus Futterer 1892 (rudist)

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Caprinidae

Parent taxon: Caprinidae according to P. W. Skelton 2013

See also Kiessling 2003 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Caprina, Caprininae, Caprinuloideinae, Kipia, Lithocalamus, Offneria, Pachytraga, Pacificaprina, Praecaprina, Pseudocaprina, Sabinia, Schiosia, Sphaerucaprina

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Croatia (1 collection), Italy (5), Slovenia (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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