Cyclothyris is an extinct genus of brachiopods from the Cretaceous of Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.
| Cyclothyris Temporal range: Cretaceous
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| Genus: | Cyclothyris M'Coy, 1844
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Species
editSpecies within this genus include:[citation needed]
- †Cyclothyris acuticostalis
- †Cyclothyris africana
- †Cyclothyris aliformis
- †Cyclothyris alikentica
- †Cyclothyris americana
- †Cyclothyris astieriana
- †Cyclothyris burgemakensis
- †Cyclothyris compressa
- †Cyclothyris dagestanica
- †Cyclothyris densleonis
- †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
edit- ^ 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
edit- Cyclothyris in the Paleobiology Database
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