Juresania is an extinct genus of brachiopod that existed from the Carboniferous to the Permian.Paleobiology DatabaseJ. J. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Description Juresania's members were epifaunal, meaning they lived on top of the seafloor, not buried within it, and were suspension feeders. They had small spines that cover both halves of the shell.
Distribution Juresania specimens can be found in the Americas, Europe, and Asia, with most Juresania specimens having been found in the Northern Hemisphere.Mindat.orgGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility
Species Species in the genus Juresania include:
J. dorudensis Fantini Sestini, 1965 J. grandispinosa Li, 1986 J. hispida Chronic, 1949 J. juresanensis (Tschernyschew, 1902) J. kolymaensis Zavodowsky, 1968 J. omanensis Hudson & Sudbury, 1959 J. ovalis (Dunbar & Condra, 1932) J. rectangularia? J. rituensis Sun, 1983 J. scalaris (Mansuy, 1913) J. transversa Sun, 1991 J. tuotalaensis Sun, 1983
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