Eristenosia Cooper 1983 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1983. The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda) Triassic to Recent: a study of the brachidia (loops). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50:1-290

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Apatecosia, Arcelinithyris, Dorsoplicathyris, Lissajousithyris, Monsardithyris, Rouillieria, Strongylobrochus, Stroudithyris, Uralella, Vladimirella

Subtaxa: Eristenosia circularis

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Type: Eristenosia circularis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tonnerre, Yonne (Jurassic of France)

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