Kallirhynchia
| Kallirhynchia Temporal range: 171–161 Ma | |
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| Fossil of Kallirhynchia major from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | Rhynchonellida |
| Family: | Tetrarhynchiidae |
| Genus: | Kallirhynchia Sepkoski, 2002 |
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Kallirhynchia is an extinct genus of brachiopod 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
- K. sharpi = Sharpirhynchia sharpi
References
- ↑ Kallirhynchia in the Paleobiology Database
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