Victorithyris is a fossil genus of brachiopod from southern Australia.[1] It lived during the Eocene to Miocene period.

Victorithyris
Temporal range: Eocene
View of the brachial valve of V. peterboroughensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Terebratulida
Family: Terebratellidae
Genus: Victorithyris
Allan, 1940
Species
  • Victorithyris blakeorum Craig 2000
  • Victorithyris cardabiaensis Craig 2000
  • Victorithyris decapello Craig 2000
  • Victorithyris divaricata Tate 1880
  • Victorithyris garibaldiana Davidson 1862
  • Victorithyris peterboroughensis Allan 1940
  • Victorithyris tateana Tate 1880

References

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  1. ^ Richardson, J. R. (1980-10-13). "Studies on Australian Cainozoic Brachiopods 5. The genera Victorithyris Allen and Diedrothyris nov". Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 41: 43–52. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.1980.41.03.