Kallirhynchia

Kallirhynchia; Temporal range: 171–161 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Jurassic
	Fossil of Kallirhynchia major from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	Rhynchonellata
Order:	Rhynchonellida
Family:	Tetrarhynchiidae
Genus:	Kallirhynchia; Buckman, 1917
Species
	K. arabica ; K. dispar ; K. fornix ; K. hampenensis ; K. morierei ; K. obesa ; K. orbicularis ; K. subplicatella ;

Last updated September 23, 2025

Kallirhynchia is an extinct genus of brachiopods found in Jurassic strata in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, India and Uzbekistan. It was a stationary epifaunal suspension feeder.^[1]

Species previously assigned to Kallirhynchia

K. sharpi = Sharpirhynchia sharpi

References

↑ Kallirhynchia in the Paleobiology Database

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[1] Kallirhynchia in the Paleobiology Database

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Kallirhynchia Temporal range: 171–161 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Jurassic

Fossil of Kallirhynchia major from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	Rhynchonellata
Order:	Rhynchonellida
Family:	Tetrarhynchiidae
Genus:	Kallirhynchia Buckman, 1917
Species
K. arabica K. dispar K. fornix K. hampenensis K. morierei K. obesa K. orbicularis K. subplicatella