Beecheria

See text Beecheria is an extinct genus of brachiopod belonging to the order Terebratulida and family Beecheriidae.

[1][2] Fossils of this genus have been found in Mississippian[3][4] to Permian beds in Eurasia,[4][5] Australia,[6] North America,[3] and South America.

[7] The genus was part of the Levipustula fauna characteristic of cold water conditions.

[7] "Nests" of Beecheria have been found in fossil low temperature hydrothermal vent communities from the early Carboniferous in Newfoundland.

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