Syrella elongata Armstrong 1970 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae

Alternative combinations: Permasyrinx elongata, Subansiria elongata

Full reference: J. Armstrong. 1970. Syringothyrid brachiopods from the Permian of eastern Australia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 136(2):135-165

Belongs to Syrella according to B. Waterhouse and Z. Q. Chen 2007

See also Armstrong 1970 and Waterhouse 1987

Sister taxa: Syrella occidenta, Syrella plodowskii

Type specimen: UQF 52857. Its type locality is UQ L3127, middle strike ridge, Homevale, which is in an Artinskian marine siliciclastic in the Tiverton Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (28 collections)

Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence

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