†Rossithyris Owen 1980 (lamp shell)
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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
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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