Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Synonym: Oligorhytisia Cooper 1983
Full reference: S. S. Buckman. 1917. The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 3(2):1-254
Parent taxon: Postepithyrididae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arceythyris, Caryona, Conarothyris, Crispithyris, Epithyris, Euidothyris, Ferrythyris, Galliennithyris, Gigantothyris, Glyphisaria, Habrobrochus, Heimia, Holcothyris, Juralina, Kutchithyris, Maritimithyris, Millythyris, Moeschia, Peculneithyris, Perrierithyris, Petalothyris, Postepithyris, Pseudoaulacothyris, Somalithyris, Thadiqithyris, Xestosina
Subtaxa: Oligorhytisia magnifica Plectoidothyris circulare Plectoidothyris polyplecta
Type: Terebratula polyplecta
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (1), Somalia (2), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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