Cooperithyris Tchorszhevsky 1988 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae

Full reference: E. S. Tchorszhevsky. 1988. Novye dannye o rannejurskikh Cancellothyrididasea (Terebratulida, Brachiopoda). Paleontologicheskii Sbornik 25:30-35

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alithyridinae, Cancellothyridinae, Cricosiinae

Subtaxa: Cooperithyris tenuicostata

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Type: Cooperithyris tenuicostata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Quarry at Katskhi village (Jurassic of Georgia)

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