Gyrosina rotunda 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 Gyrosina according to G. A. Cooper 1983

Sister taxa: Apatecosia inornata, Apatecosia nutiensis, Apatecosia ovata, Apatecosia varians

Type specimen: USNM 550992a, a shell. Its type locality is Nuits St. George, which is in a Callovian marine horizon in France.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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