Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
Alternative combination: Terebratula crassa
Synonyms: Pirotothyris ampla Sucic-Protic 1971, Pirotothyris tumulosa Sucic-Protic 1971, Senokosica bulgarica Sucic-Protic 1971
Belongs to Lobothyris according to Y. Alméras et al. 2007
See also Alméras and Fauré 2000
Sister taxa: Lobothyris andleri, Lobothyris arcta, Lobothyris ceres, Lobothyris clevelandensis, Lobothyris complanata, Lobothyris deflecta, Lobothyris delta, Lobothyris dubia, Lobothyris edwardsi, Lobothyris fusiformis, Lobothyris germanica, Lobothyris hispanica, Lobothyris lata, Lobothyris monstrifer, Lobothyris moquensis, Lobothyris nux, Lobothyris ovatissima, Lobothyris ovatissimaeformis, Lobothyris ovulum, Lobothyris pervulgata, Lobothyris praepunctata, Lobothyris pseudocrithea, Lobothyris punctata, Lobothyris romani, Lobothyris simesi, Lobothyris sinemuriensis, Lobothyris sospirolensis, Lobothyris subgregaria, Lobothyris swifti, Lobothyris taramellii, Lobothyris triassicus, Lobothyris tuchkovi, Lobothyris uniplicata, Lobothyris zhonghuaensis
Type specimens:
- Lobothyris crassa: Its type locality is USGS 10629 (B.F. Smith Farm), Castle Hayne marl, Lenoir Co., North Carolina, which is in an Eocene marine marl in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina.
- Pirotothyris ampla:
- Pirotothyris tumulosa:
- Senokosica bulgarica:
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (12 collections), Spain (4)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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