Angustothyris angustaeformis Boekh 1872 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae

Alternative combinations: Rhaetina angustaeformis, Waldheimia angustaeformis

Belongs to Angustothyris according to M. Gaetani 2016

See also Arthaber 1915, Bittner 1890, Dagys 1974, Feng and Jiang 1978, Ogilvie Gordon 1927, Palfy 2003, Torti and Angiolini 1997 and Yang and Xu 1966

Sister taxa: Angustothyris concava, Angustothyris dagysi, Angustothyris ladina, Angustothyris qingyanensis, Angustothyris raxana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Köveskálla (Budapest coll), which is in a Pelsonian carbonate limestone in Hungary

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Bulgaria (1 collection), China (24), Hungary (25), Italy (15), Poland (2), Slovakia (2), Turkey (2)

Total: 71 collections each including a single occurrence

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