Aulacothyropsis (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Aulacothyropsidae

Parent taxon: Aulacothyropsinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Camerothyris, Coriothyris, Ornatothyrella, Pseudorugitela, Smirnovina

Subtaxa: Aulacothyropsis almensis Aulacothyropsis conspicua Aulacothyropsis deqinica Aulacothyropsis eminens Aulacothyropsis megaeminens Aulacothyropsis pentagonalis Aulacothyropsis pervulgatus Aulacothyropsis pressulus Aulacothyropsis reflexa Aulacothyropsis tschernyschevi

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), China (7), Hungary (1), Iran (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (8), Slovakia (1), Tajikistan (1), Ukraine (2), Vietnam (1)

Total: 24 collections including 32 occurrences

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