Iberithyris ovalis Lobacheva 2007 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Capillithyrididae

Full reference: S. V. Lobacheva. 2007. Early Cretaceous terebratulids of the subfamily Platythyridinae (Brachiopoda) of Crimea and Middle Asia. Questions of Stratigraphy, Palaeontology and Palaeogeography (In Memory of 100 Anniversary of Professor G. Ya. Krymholz) 118-127

Belongs to Iberithyris according to S. V. Lobacheva 2007

Sister taxa: Iberithyris askiensis, Iberithyris linguiformis, Iberithyris longa, Iberithyris nerodenkovi, Iberithyris rionensis, Iberithyris tolaensis

Type specimen: TSNIGR No. 25/13148. Its type locality is Partizanskoye (Hauterivian), which is in a Hauterivian marine horizon in Ukraine.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Ukraine (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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