Glyphisaria uniplicata Cooper 1983 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae

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 Glyphisaria according to G. A. Cooper 1983

Sister taxon: Glyphisaria divergens

Type specimen: USNM 551085, a shell. Its type locality is Bourges, Cher, which is in an Oxfordian marine horizon in France.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bourges, Cher

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