Leptothyrellopsis polonicus Bitner and Pisera 1979 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Full reference: M. A. Bitner and A. Pisera. 1979. Brachiopods from the Upper Cretaceous chalk of Mielnik (eastern Poland). Acta Geologica Polonica 29:67-88

Belongs to Leptothyrellopsis according to E. Simon 2000

See also Bitner and Pisera 1979, Johansen and Surlyk 1990 and Simon 1998

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (24 collections), Poland (2), the United Kingdom (23)

Total: 49 collections each including a single occurrence

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