ammonites
†subfamily Lophrothyridinae Cooper 1983 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae

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

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

Sister taxon: Lobothyridinae

Subtaxa: Argovithyris, Aromasithyris, Lophrothyris, Odarovithyris, Tubithyris

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Type: Lophrothyris

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder