Gigantothyris ochoticus Dagys 1968 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae

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 Gigantothyris according to A. S. Dagys 1968

Sister taxa: Gigantothyris abscondita, Gigantothyris blanda, Gigantothyris deducta, Gigantothyris dorsoplanata, Gigantothyris finkelsteini, Gigantothyris gigantea, Gigantothyris luculenta, Gigantothyris pulchra

Type specimen: IGiG 117/78. Its type locality is Viliga River, basin of Okhotsk Sea (Pseudolioceras mclintocki zone), which is in an Opalinum marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Viliga River, basin of Okhotsk Sea (Pseudolioceras mclintocki zone)

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