Terebrataliopsis compacta Smirnova and Baraboshkin 2004 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Laqueidae

Full reference: T. N. Smirnova and E. Y. Baraboshkin. 2004. Valanginian-Lower Hauterivian brachiopod assemblages of the area between rivers Kacha and Bodrak (South-West Crimea). Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 12(2):48-63

Belongs to Terebrataliopsis according to T. N. Smirnova and E. Y. Baraboshkin 2004

Sister taxa: Terebrataliopsis czapskiana, Terebrataliopsis quadrata, Terebrataliopsis semicircularis

Type specimen: MSU MZ 4/100. Its type locality is Patil' Plateau, which is in a Valanginian marine sandstone in Ukraine.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Patil' Plateau

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