Fletcherithyris parkesi Campbell 1965 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

Full reference: K. S. W. Campbell. 1965. Australian Permian terebratuloids. Bureau of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 68:3-146

Belongs to Fletcherithyris according to M. J. Clarke 1987

See also Campbell 1965 and Waterhouse 1982

Sister taxa: Fletcherithyris antesulcata, Fletcherithyris biundata, Fletcherithyris braxtonensis, Fletcherithyris canni, Fletcherithyris farleyensis, Fletcherithyris galbina, Fletcherithyris hardmani, Fletcherithyris illawarrensis, Fletcherithyris reidi, Fletcherithyris scotti, Fletcherina zealandica

Type specimen: UNE F6048, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Wyro Beach, Ulladulla, which is in a Roadian prodelta mudstone in the Wandrawandian Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (18 collections), New Zealand (1)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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