Dorsoplicathyris circularis Alméras 1970 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae

Full reference: Y. Alméras. 1970. Les terebratulidae du Dogger dans le Mâconnais, le mont d'Or lyonnais et le Jura méridional: Étude systématique et biostratigraphique. Rapports avec la paléoécologie. Documents des Laboratories de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon 39(2):1-690

Belongs to Dorsoplicathyris according to Y. Alméras 1970

Sister taxa: Dorsoplicathyris amygdalis, Dorsoplicathyris angustata, Dorsoplicathyris chantalae, Dorsoplicathyris cuvergnatensis, Dorsoplicathyris deslongchampsi, Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata, Dorsoplicathyris enayi, Dorsoplicathyris hugueneyi, Dorsoplicathyris mangoldi, Dorsoplicathyris nepalensis, Dorsoplicathyris ovalis, Dorsoplicathyris parallela, Dorsoplicathyris pentagonalis, Dorsoplicathyris recta, Dorsoplicathyris subinsignis, Dorsoplicathyris symmetrica, Dorsoplicathyris tenuiplicata, Dorsoplicathyris theveleyensis, Pentithyris pelagica

Type specimen: FSL 46 921 (Almeras coll.). Its type locality is Aromas (Middle Callovian), which is in a Callovian carbonate limestone in France.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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