Geothomasia teicherti Archbold and Thomas 1986 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Alternative combinations: Tomiopsis (Geothomasia) teicherti, Tomiopsis teicherti

Full reference: N. W. Archbold and G. A. Thomas. 1986. Permian Ingelarellidae (Brachiopoda) from Western Australia and Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 60(3):581-605

Belongs to Geothomasia according to A. Williams et al. 2007

See also Archbold and Thomas 1986 and Waterhouse 1998

Sister taxa: Geothomasia branxtonensis, Geothomasia profunda, Geothomasia symmetrica, Geothomasia valida

Type specimen: CPC 24261, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is BMR CC90, Minilya River, which is in a Kungurian marine siltstone in the Wandagee Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.