Tetrarhynchia

Tetrarhynchia
Temporal range: Jurassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Rhynchonellida
Family: †Tetrarhynchiidae
Genus: †Tetrarhynchia
Buckman, 1917
Type species
Terebratula tetraedra
Sowerby, 1812
Synonyms

Makridinirhynchia Sucic-Protic, 1969

Tetrarhynchia is an extinct genus of brachiopods found in Jurassic strata in Europe and South America. It was a stationary epifaunal suspension feeder.[1]

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