Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
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 Brachythyris according to K. S. W. Campbell and B. A. Engel 1963
Sister taxa: Brachythyris chouteauensis, Brachythyris ellipsoideus, Brachythyris ozarkensis, Brachythyris quadriradiatus, Brachythyris ufensis
Type specimen: F.7837 U.N.E., a shell. Its type locality is L77, Rangari Section, 7.7 km north, 2.1 km east of Kelvin, which is in a Kinderhookian carbonate limestone in the Rangari limestone Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Australia (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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