†Aenigmathyris stearnsi Cooper 1971 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dyscoliidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1971. Eocene Brachiopods From Eua, Tonga. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (640-F)F1-F9
Belongs to Aenigmathyris according to G. A. Cooper 1983
See also Cooper 1971
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 550447a, a shell. Its type locality is Vaingana, Eua Island, which is in a Priabonian offshore shelf limestone in Tonga.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Vaingana, Eua Island
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