Hoskingia nobilis Etheridge Jr. 1907 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Beecheriidae

Alternative combination: Dielasma nobilis

Full reference: R. Etheridge Jr. 1907. Fossils from Mingenew, Irwin River Coalfield, Western Australia, collected by Mr. E. S. Simpson, mineralogist and assayer. Geological Survey of Western Australia Bulletin 27:19-25

Belongs to Hoskingia according to K. S. W. Campbell 1965

See also Etheridge 1907

Sister taxa: Hoskingia dieneri, Hoskingia grandis, Hoskingia hochstetteri, Hoskingia kennediensis, Hoskingia latouchei, Hoskingia prolonga, Hoskingia qomolangmaensis, Hoskingia skwarkoi, Hoskingia trigonopsis, Hoskingia wandageensis

Type specimen: GSWA F229A, a shell. Its type locality is Simpson Knolls, Simpson Collection, Mingenew, which is in a Kungurian coastal sandstone in the Mingenew Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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