Animonithyris Cooper 1983 (lamp shell)

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

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Type: Terebratula dorenbergi

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 5 km west of Tlaxiaco (Jurassic of Mexico)

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