Psilothyris Cooper 1955 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Laqueidae

Synonym: Tamarella Owen 1965

Parent taxon: Terebrataliopsinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Eodallina, Hamptonina, Lusitanina, Terebrataliopsis

Subtaxa: Psilothyris airgulensis Psilothyris hispanica Psilothyris occidentalis Psilothyris tamarinda Psilothyris tamarindus Psilothyris villersensis Tamarella bonneyi Tamarella elliptica Tamarella juddi Tamarella vesta

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Type: Psilothyris occidentalis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Algeria (3 collections), Egypt (1), France (4), Germany (3), Italy (1), Portugal (4), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (13), Switzerland (5), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (5), United States (1: Arizona)

Total: 44 collections including 49 occurrences

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