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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Cyclothyris

M'Coy, 1844
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Species

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Species 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

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  1. ^ 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)
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