Tityrophoria nelsoni Waterhouse 1971 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1971. Appendix 2: systematic description of new brachiopod species and genera, in Carboniferous and Permian Stratigraphy and Paleontology, Northern Yukon Territory, Canada. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology 19(1):205-234

Belongs to Tityrophoria according to G. R. Shi and J.B. Waterhouse 1996

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GSC 26417. Its type locality is GSC 57052, Section 116C-2, Tatonduk River, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Jungle Creek Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Canada (5: Yukon collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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