†Cooperithyris Tchorszhevsky 1988 (lamp shell)
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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
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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