Caucasothyris angustiplicatus Dagys 1974 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae

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

Belongs to Caucasothyris according to A. S. Dagys 1974

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IGiG 394/106. Its type locality is Sakhray River, Northwest Caucasus (Norian), which is in a Norian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sakhray River, Northwest Caucasus (Norian)

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