Kallirhynchia is an extinct genus of brachiopods found in Jurassic strata in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, India and Uzbekistan. It was a stationary epifaunal suspension feeder.[1]

Kallirhynchia
Temporal range: 171–161 Ma Jurassic
Fossil of Kallirhynchia major from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
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Tetrarhynchiidae
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Kallirhynchia

Sepkoski, 2002
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Species previously assigned to Kallirhynchia

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