†Viligothyris orientalis Dagys 1968 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Triadithyrididae
Full reference: A. S. Dagys. 1968. Yurskie i Rannemelovye brakhiopody Severa Sibiri. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Sibirskoe Otdelenie Trudy Instituta Geologii I Geofiziki 1-167
Belongs to Viligothyris according to A. S. Dagys 1968
Sister taxon: Viligothyris viligaensis
Type specimen: IGiG 135/78. Its type locality is Viliga River, basin of Okhotsk Sea, which is in a Pliensbachian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Viliga River, basin of Okhotsk Sea
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