Eristenosia circularis Cooper 1983 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1983. The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda) Triassic to Recent: a study of the brachidia (loops). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50:1-290

Belongs to Eristenosia according to G. A. Cooper 1983

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 30902b, a shell. Its type locality is Tonnerre, Yonne, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine horizon in France.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tonnerre, Yonne

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