Cyrtella allandalensis Armstrong 1970 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae

Alternative combination: Pseudosyrinx allandalensis

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 Cyrtella according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987

See also Armstrong 1970, Clarke 1990 and Clarke 1992

Sister taxa: Cyrtella berriedalensis, Cyrtella campbelli, Cyrtella erecta, Cyrtella furcata, Cyrtella granulata, Cyrtella koopi, Cyrtella kulikiana, Cyrtella nagmargensis, Cyrtella nobilis, Cyrtella rhombica, Cyrtella subparallela, Cyrtella ulladullensis, Punctocyrtella australis, Punctocyrtella spinosa, Punctocyrtella yunnanensis, Punctocyrtella gigantea

Type specimen: ANUF 17766, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is BMR HV9b, Allandale, which is in a Sakmarian coastal siliciclastic in the Allandale Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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