Dictyothyris
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Template:Short description Template:Taxobox/core Script error: No such module "Portal". Dictyothyris is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous throughout what is now Europe[1][2] and North Africa.[1]
Description
Like members of the Class Rhynchonellata, it is possible that members of this genus were blind.[3] They were also likely stationary suspension feeders, relying upon ocean currents to obtain food.[3][4]
Species
Species in the genus Dictyothyris include:[1][3][5][6]
- D. badensis Rollier, 1918
- D. coarctata (Parkinson, 1811)
- D. dorsocurva (Etallon, 1863)
- D. gzheliensis (Gerassimov, 1955)
- D. kurri? (Oppel, 1857)
- D. laneolata Buckman, 1917
- D. luszowicensis Rollier, 1918
- D. rollieri Haas, 1889
- D. rossii (Canavari, 1882)
- D. smithi (Oppel, 1857)
- D. spinulosa Smirnova, 1968
References
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- ↑ a b c Paleobiology Database
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- ↑ Catalogue of Life
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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- Prehistoric brachiopod genera
- Jurassic brachiopods
- Cretaceous brachiopods
- Prehistoric animals of Europe
- Middle Jurassic genus first appearances
- Early Cretaceous genus extinctions
- Fossil taxa described in 1879
- Fossils of Algeria
- Fossils of the Czech Republic
- Fossils of France
- Fossils of Hungary
- Fossils of Italy
- Fossils of Romania
- Fossils of Spain
- Fossils of Switzerland
- Fossils of Ukraine
- Fossils of Great Britain