| Sphenorhynchia 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 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | Rhynchonellida |
| Family: | † Prionorhynchiidae |
| Genus: | † Sphenorhynchia Buckman, 1914 |
Sphenorhynchia is an extinct genus of brachiopods belonging to the family Prionorhynchiidae.
These brachiopods are stationary epifaunal suspension feeders. They lived in the Jurassic period, from 183.0 to 164.7 Ma. Fossils of this genus have been found in the sediments of Afghanistan, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia and Slovakia. [1]
