Caucasothyris Dagys 1974 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae

Full reference: A. S. Dagys. 1974. Triassic Brachiopods (Morphology, Classification, Phylogeny, Stratigraphical Significance and Biogeography) 1-387

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Angustothyris, Cubanothyris, Cystothyris, Paradoxothyris, Praeangustothyris, Praecubanothyris, Rhaetina

Subtaxa: Caucasothyris angustiplicatus

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Type: Caucasothyris angustiplicatus

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sakhray River, Northwest Caucasus (Norian) (Triassic of Russian Federation)

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