Sphenorhynchia plicatella

Sphenorhynchia plicatella; Temporal range: Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
	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
Species:	S. plicatella
Binomial name
	Sphenorhynchia plicatella; (Sowerby 1825)

Sphenorhynchia plicatella is an extinct species of brachiopods belonging to the family Prionorhynchiidae.

These brachiopods are stationary epifaunal suspension feeders. They lived in the Jurassic period, from 167.7 to 161.2 Ma.[1]

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