Caucasorhynchia is an extinct genus of brachiopods in the family Allorhynchidae. Species are known from the Triassic of Europe, Russia and the United States.

Caucasorhynchia
Temporal range: 247.2–201.3 Ma
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Caucasorhynchia

Dagys, 1963[1]
Species
  • Caucasorhynchia altaplecta (Bockh 1872)
  • Caucasorhynchia baliana (Bittner 1895)
  • Caucasorhynchia circularis Jin et al. 1979
  • Caucasorhynchia elegans Siblik 1986[2]
    • Caucasorhynchia elegans consobrina Siblik 1986
    • Caucasorhynchia elegans elegans
  • Caucasorhynchia kunensis Dagys 1963
  • Caucasorhynchia simplexa Sun 1981
  • Caucasorhynchia trigonalis Sun 1981
  • Caucasorhynchia worobievi Dagys 1963
  • Caucasorhynchia zhidoensis Jin et al. 1979

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ A. S. Dagys. 1963. Upper Triassic brachiopods of the southern USSR. pages 1-238
  2. ^ Carnian rhynchonellid brachiopods from the Slovak Karst area: Západné Karpaty. M Siblík Séria paleontologia 11, 7-34, 1986.

External links edit

  • "Caucasorhynchia" at the Encyclopedia of Life
  • "Caucasorhynchia". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database.