†Plesiothyris (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Synonym: Rhomboidella
Parent taxon: Aulacothyrinae according to J. F. Baeza-Carratalá and F. GarcĂa Joral 2014
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Aulacothyris, Bakonyithyris, Qilianoconcha
Subtaxa: Plesiothyris verneuili
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Belgium (3 collections)
• Jurassic of France (1), Spain (10)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
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