Sphenorhynchia plicatella Temporal range: [1]
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Fossil of Sphenorhynchia plicatella from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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Sphenorhynchia plicatella (Sowerby 1825)
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Sphenorhynchia plicatella is an extinct species of brachiopods belonging to the family Prionorhynchiidae. [2]
These brachiopods are stationary epifaunal suspension feeders. They lived in the Jurassic period, from 167.7 to 161.2 Ma. [1]