Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Full reference: D. A. B. MacFarlan. 2016. Middle and Late Jurassic terebratulides from New Zealand. Palaeoworld 25:467-495
Belongs to Kutchithyris according to D. A. B. MacFarlan 2016
Sister taxa: Kutchithyris acutiplicata, Kutchithyris amdoensis, Kutchithyris anongensis, Kutchithyris breviplicata, Kutchithyris brivesi, Kutchithyris dengqenensis, Kutchithyris dhosaensis, Kutchithyris egregia, Kutchithyris euryptycha, Kutchithyris ferrandii, Kutchithyris fulva, Kutchithyris hendersoni, Kutchithyris hypsogonia, Kutchithyris ingluviosa, Kutchithyris jooraensis, Kutchithyris katametopa, Kutchithyris kennedyi, Kutchithyris lingularis, Kutchithyris marokopaensis, Kutchithyris mitra, Kutchithyris mulaensis, Kutchithyris pentagonalis, Kutchithyris planiconvexa, Kutchithyris propinqua, Kutchithyris pygmae, Kutchithyris pyroidea, Kutchithyris tibetica, Kutchithyris zamdaensis
Type specimen: AU B396, a shell. Its type locality is AU 900, Whakapirau Road (R16/f6960), which is in an Oxfordian marine horizon in the Ohineruru Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of New Zealand (10 collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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