Abrekia

Abrekia
Temporal range: 252.3–242 Ma

Triassic (Griesbachian Bithynian)

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Rhynchonellida
Family: Rhynchonellidae
Genus: Abrekia
Dagys, 1974

Abrekia is an extinct genus of brachiopod found in Early Triassic strata in Russia and China. It was a stationary epifaunal suspension feeder.[1]

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