Tylothyris minima Campbell and Engel 1963 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae

Full reference: K. S. W. Campbell and B. A. Engel. 1963. The faunas of the Tournaisian Tulcumba Sandstone and its members in the Werrie and Belvue synclines, New South Wales. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia 10(1):55-122

Belongs to Tylothyris according to K. S. W. Campbell and B. A. Engel 1963

Sister taxa: Tylothyris brevaurita, Tylothyris mesacostalis, Tylothyris missouriensis, Tylothyris multicostatus, Tylothyris novamexicana, Tylothyris pauciplicata

Type specimen: F.7869 U.N.E., a shell. Its type locality is L76, Rangari Section, 6.2 km north, 2.5 km east of Kelvin, which is in a Hastarian carbonate limestone in the Rangari limestone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at L76, Rangari Section, 6.2 km north, 2.5 km east of Kelvin

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