Omolonothyris Dagys 1968 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Boreiothyrididae

Full reference: A. S. Dagys. 1968. Yurskie i Rannemelovye brakhiopody Severa Sibiri. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Sibirskoe Otdelenie Trudy Instituta Geologii I Geofiziki 1-167

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Boreiothyris, Pamirothyropsis, Siberiothyris, Taimyrothyris

Subtaxa: Omolonothyris inopinatus

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Type: Omolonothyris inopinatus

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tokur-Yuryakh River, tributary of Bulun River (Korkodon basin) (Jurassic of Russian Federation)

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