Pseudotubithyris rambertensis 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 Pseudotubithyris according to Y. Alméras 1970

Sister taxa: Tubithyris chouberti, Tubithyris jubaensis, Tubithyris jurayfahiensis, Tubithyris wrighti, Tubithyris wylliei, Pseudotubithyris davaiacensis, Pseudotubithyris richardsoni, Pseudotubithyris roettingensis, Pseudotubithyris globata, Pseudotubithyris capillata, Pseudotubithyris powerstockensis

Type specimen: FSL 48 432. Its type locality is Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey, which is in a Bathonian carbonate limestone in France.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey

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