Cyclothyris elegans

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Subphylum: Rhynchonelliformea
Classis: Rhynchonellata
Ordo: Rhynchonellida
Superfamilia: Hemithiridoidea
Familia: †Cyclothyrididae
Genus: †Cyclothyris
Species: †Cyclothyris elegans

Name

Cyclothyris elegans (Von Hanstein, 1879)

Synonym: Rhynchonella elegans Von Hanstein, 1879

Distribution

Europe

• Belgium
  • Phosphatic chalk of Ciply

Temporal range: Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous)

References

• Von Hanstein, 1879. Die Brachiopoden der oberen Kreide von Ciply. Diss. philos. Fak. Bonn (Google books). Reference page. , page 43.
• Simon E., 1996. Cyclothyris elegans (VON HANSTEIN, 1879) and Cretirhynchia tenuicostata (VON HANSTEIN, 1879), two valid Lower Maastrichtian rhynchonellid brachiopods from the phosphatic chalk of Ciply, Belgium. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique - Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, 66:97-108 (pdf). Reference page.