Karadagithyris babanovae Tchorzhevsky 1974 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Muirwoodellidae

Full reference: E. S. Tchorzhevsky. 1974. New data on inner shell structure and systematics of Jurassic terebratulid brachiopods from Superfamily Terebratuloidea Gray, 1840 and Loboidothyridoidea Makridin, 1964. Bulletin of the Kharkov University 5(108):42-57

Belongs to Karadagithyris according to E. S. Tchorzhevsky 1974

Sister taxa: Karadagithyris bilimeki, Karadagithyris boullierae, Karadagithyris carpathica, Karadagithyris eduardi, Karadagithyris gerda

Type specimen: No. 8/2946, KSU (Babanova collection). Its type locality is Planerskoe (Upper Bajocian), which is in a Bajocian marine horizon in Ukraine.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Planerskoe (Upper Bajocian)

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