Aromasithyris aromasiensis Alméras 1970 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae

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 Aromasithyris according to Y. Alméras 1970

Sister taxa: Aromasithyris almerasi, Aromasithyris ameuri, Aromasithyris balinensis, Aromasithyris damodarkundensis, Aromasithyris dreyfussi, Aromasithyris longiplicatoides, Aromasithyris mazenoti, Aromasithyris semifarcinata

Type specimen: FSL 47 581 (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: found only at Aromas (Middle Callovian)

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