Ovatathyris Owen 1988 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Full reference: E. F. Owen. 1988. Cenomanian brachiopods from the Lower Chalk of Britain and northern Europe. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 44(2):65-175

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Boubeithyris, Glosseudesia, Loriolithyris, Musculina, Paraboubeithyris, Phaseolina, Sellithyris, Walkerithyris

Subtaxa: Ovatathyris ovata Ovatathyris potternensis

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Type: Terebratula ovata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Romania (1), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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