Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1979. Tertiary and Cretaceous Brachiopods from Cuba and the Caribbean. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 37:1-45
Parent taxon: Terebratellidina according to A. Williams et al. 2007
See also Cooper 1979 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Antigoniarcula, Bouchardioidea, Dallinoidea, Eogryphus, Gwyniella, Kingenoidea, Kraussinoidea, Kurakithyris, Laqueoidea, Leptothyrellopsis, Lutetiarcula, Magas, Megathyridoidea, Miogryphus, Mosaethyrididae, Platidioidea, Praeneothyris, Rhynchora, Rhynchorina, Terebratelloidea, Tiaretithyris, Timacella, Xinjiangthyris, Yabeithyris, Yuezhuella, Zeillerioidea, Zhidothyris
Subtaxa: Hercothyris borroi Hercothyris semiradiata
Type: Hercothyris borroi
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Cuba (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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