Aulacothyropsis pressulus Dagys 1963 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Aulacothyropsidae

Full reference: A. S. Dagys. 1963. Upper Triassic brachiopods of the southern USSR 1-238

Belongs to Aulacothyropsis according to A. S. Dagys 1963

Sister taxa: Aulacothyropsis almensis, Aulacothyropsis conspicua, Aulacothyropsis deqinica, Aulacothyropsis eminens, Aulacothyropsis megaeminens, Aulacothyropsis pentagonalis, Aulacothyropsis pervulgatus, Aulacothyropsis reflexa, Aulacothyropsis tschernyschevi

Type specimen: IGiG No. 140/115. Its type locality is Belaya River, near Guzeripl, which is in a Norian/Rhaetian marine limestone in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Belaya River, near Guzeripl

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