Aalenirhynchia

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Aalenirhynchia
Temporal range: 175.6–171.6 Ma
Aalenian
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Aalenirhynchia

Shi and Grant, 1993
Species

A. subdecorata[1]
A. walkeri[2]

Aalenirhynchia is an extinct subgenus of brachiopods found in Aalenian strata in Gloucestershire, England.[1][2] It was a stationary epifaunal suspension feeder. Originally classed as a genus, it was reclassified as a subgenus of Rhynchonelloidea by Williams et al. in 2002.[3]

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