Kallirhynchia

Kallirhynchia
Temporal range: Jurassic
Fossil of Kallirhynchia major from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Rhynchonellida
Family: †Wellerellidae
Genus: †Kallirhynchia
Buckman, 1917
Species
  • Kallirhynchia arabica
  • Kallirhynchia dispar
  • Kallirhynchia fornix
  • Kallithynchia hampenensis
  • Kallirhynchia morierei
  • Kallirhynchia obesa
  • Kallirhynchia orbicularis
  • Kallirhynchia subplicatella

Kallirhynchia is an extinct genus of brachiopods found in Jurassic strata in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, India and Uzbekistan. It was a stationary epifaunal suspension feeder.[1]

Species previously assigned to Kallirhynchia

References

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