Formosarhynchia formosa Seifert 1963 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Full reference: I. Seifert. 1963. Die Brachiopoden des oberen Dogger der Schwäbischen Alb [Brachiopods from the Upper Dogger of the Swabian Alb]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 121:156-203

Belongs to Formosarhynchia according to I. Seifert 1963

Sister taxa: Cymatorhynchia cymatophorina, Cymatorhynchia pugnacea, Cymatorhynchia quadriplicata, Cymatorhynchia schardti, Cymatorhynchia singularis, Formosarhynchia undosa, Formosarhynchia spathica, Formosarhynchia bruta, Formosarhynchia dumortieri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oberdorf, Humphriesi Oolith, which is in a Bajocian marine horizon in the "Humphriesi Oolith" Formation of Germany

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Germany (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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