Concinnithyris rouenensis Cooper 1983 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gibbithyrididae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1983. The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda) Triassic to Recent: a study of the brachidia (loops). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50:1-290

Belongs to Concinnithyris according to G. A. Cooper 1983

Sister taxa: Concinnithyris obesa, Concinnithyris subundata

Type specimen: USNM 551072. Its type locality is Côte Ste. Catherine, Rouen, which is in a Cenomanian marine horizon in France.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Côte Ste. Catherine, Rouen

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