Kallirhynchia
Temporal range: Jurassic
Fossil of Kallirhynchia major from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
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Tetrarhynchiidae
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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.[1]

Species previously assigned to Kallirhynchia

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