Aulacothyroides gizhigensis Dagys 1974 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Full reference: A. S. Dagys. 1974. Triassic Brachiopods (Morphology, Classification, Phylogeny, Stratigraphical Significance and Biogeography) 1-387

Belongs to Aulacothyroides according to A. S. Dagys 1974

Sister taxa: Aulacothyroides alius, Aulacothyroides bulkutensis, Aulacothyroides ochoticus, Aulacothyroides teres

Type specimen: IGiG 394/86, a shell. Its type locality is Malaya Turomcha River, Norian, Gizhiga River Basin, which is in a Norian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Malaya Turomcha River, Norian, Gizhiga River Basin

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