Waldheimia schlosseri Dacque 1905 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

Full reference: E. Dacque. 1905. Beiträge zur Geologie des Somalilandes, 2. Teil. Oberer Jura [Contributions to the geology of Somaliland, Part 2. Upper Jurassic]. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 17:119-160

Belongs to Waldheimia according to Dacque 1905

Sister taxa: Terebratula (Waldheimia) timorensis, Waldheimia (Zeilleria), Waldheimia carinata, Waldheimia muensteri, Waldheimia mutabilis, Waldheimia neohispanica, Waldheimia pentagona, Waldheimia planoconvexa, Waldheimia porrecta, Waldheimia waldeggiana, Waldheimia woodwardi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Harro Rufa, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in Ethiopia

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Ethiopia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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