Lethamia hillae Waterhouse 1986 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1986. Taxonomic names, in Late Palaeozoic Scyphozoa and Brachiopoda (Inarticulata, Strophomenida, Productida and Rhynchonellida) from the southeast Bowen Basin, Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 193(1-4):1-76

Belongs to Lethamia according to D. J. C. Briggs 1998

See also Waterhouse 1986

Sister taxa: Lethamia collina, Lethamia condaminensis, Lethamia ligurritus, Lethamia obscurus, Lethamia rara

Type specimen: UQF 70064, a valve (Ventral valve). Its type locality is UQ L4108, Ross Creek Tributary, Cracow Station, which is in a Roadian foreshore conglomerate/sandstone in the Brae Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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