Bronnothyris danaperensis Bitner and Müller 2017 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae

Full reference: M. A. Bitner and A. Müller. 2017. Late Eocene (Priabonian) brachiopod fauna from Dnipropetrovsk, eastern Ukraine. Bulletin of Geosciences 92:211-231

Belongs to Bronnothyris according to M. A. Bitner and A. Müller 2017

Sister taxa: Bronnothyris rugosa, Bronnothyris subradiata

Type specimen: UDB 193. Its type locality is UDR1-UDR5, Rybalsky Quarry, Dnipropetrovsk, which is in a Priabonian coastal sandstone in Ukraine.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UDR1-UDR5, Rybalsky Quarry, Dnipropetrovsk

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