Biology:Kallirhynchia

Kallirhynchia Temporal range: 171–161 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N 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:	Tetrarhynchiidae
Genus:	Kallirhynchia Sepkoski, 2002
Species
K. arabica K. dispar K. fornix K. hampenensis K. morierei K. obesa K. orbicularis K. 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.

Species previously assigned to Kallirhynchia

• K. sharpi = Sharpirhynchia sharpi

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6353859 entry