†Animonithyris Cooper 1983 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1983. The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda) Triassic to Recent: a study of the brachidia (loops). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50:1-290
Parent taxon: Cererithyridinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cererithyris, Mexicaria, Plectothyris, Rocheithyris
Subtaxa: Animonithyris dorenbergi
Type: Terebratula dorenbergi
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 5 km west of Tlaxiaco (Jurassic of Mexico)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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