Aromasithyris ameuri Atrops and Alméras 2005 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae

Full reference: F. Atrops and Y. Alméras. 2005. Les Brachiopodes du Callovien de l'Ouarsenis (Tell algérien): paléontologie, biostratigraphie et paléoenvironnements. Revue de Paléobiologie 24(2):563-595

Belongs to Aromasithyris according to F. Atrops and Y. Alméras 2005

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

Type specimen: FSL 308931, a shell. Its type locality is Douar Ardja Efrad Bloc, Ouarsenis Mountains, Algeria, which is in a Callovian deep subtidal shelf limestone in Algeria.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Algeria (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.