Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Acanthothirididae
Full reference: L. I. Babanova. 1966. New data on the species composition of Brachiopoda from the Jurassic deposits of the eastern part of Mountain Crimea. Paleontologicheskiy Sbornik 3(1):28-35
Belongs to Acanthothiris according to V. P. Kamyshan and L. I. Babanova 1973
See also Babanova 1966
Sister taxa: Acanthothiris costata, Acanthothiris elargata, Acanthothiris gibberosa, Acanthothiris globosa, Acanthothiris inflata, Acanthothiris multispinosa, Acanthothiris prima, Acanthothiris quenstedti, Acanthothiris sentosa, Acanthothiris spinosa, Acanthothiris subglobosa, Acanthothyris zieteni
Type specimen: Dept. of Geology and Paleontology No 4100/8. Its type locality is Karadag, Tumanova Balka (clastic limestone), which is in a Callovian carbonate limestone in Ukraine.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Karadag, Tumanova Balka (clastic limestone)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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