Cyclothyris

Cyclothyris; Temporal range: Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Order:	Rhynchonellida
Family:	†
Genus:	Cyclothyris; M'Coy, 1844
Species
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Cyclothyris is an extinct genus of brachiopods from the Cretaceous of Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.

Species[]

†Cyclothyris acuticostalis, †Cyclothyris africana,†Cyclothyris aliformis, †Cyclothyris alikentica, †Cyclothyris americana, †Cyclothyris astieriana, †Cyclothyris burgemakensis, †Cyclothyris compressa, †Cyclothyris dagestanica, †Cyclothyris densleo[nis, †Cyclothyris difformis, †Cyclothyris compressa, †Cyclothyris elegans,^[1] †Cyclothyris formosa, †Cyclothyris gibbsiana, †Cyclothyris globata, †Cyclothyris juigneti, †Cyclothyris kennedyi, †Cyclothyris lamarckiana, †Cyclothyris larwoodi, †Cyclothyris latissima, †Cyclothyris punfieldensis, †Cyclothyris subtrigonalis, †Cyclothyris sutchanensis, †Cyclothyris tenuicostata, †Cyclothyris ulaganica, †Cyclothyris vespertilio, †Cyclothyris zudakharica

Sources[]

^ Cyclothyris elegans (VON HANSTEIN, 1879) and Cretirhynchia tenuicostata (VON HANSTEIN, 1879), two valid Lower Maastrichtian rhynchonellid brachiopods from the phosphatic chalk of Ciply, Belgium. Eric Simon

Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 84)

External links[]

Cyclothyris in the Paleobiology Database

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[1] Cyclothyris elegans (VON HANSTEIN, 1879) and Cretirhynchia tenuicostata (VON HANSTEIN, 1879), two valid Lower Maastrichtian rhynchonellid brachiopods from the phosphatic chalk of Ciply, Belgium. Eric Simon

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