Rossithyris Owen 1980 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Laqueidae

Full reference: E. F. Owen. 1980. Tertiary and Cretaceous brachiopods from Seymour, Cockburn and James Ross Islands, Antarctica. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 33:123-145

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Colinella, Langshanthyris, Parakingena, Waconella

Subtaxa: Rossithyris humpensis

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at D.533 (Humps Islet, James Ross Island) (Cretaceous of Antarctica)

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