Goniothyris gracilis Seifert 1963 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Full reference: I. Seifert. 1963. Die Brachiopoden des oberen Dogger der Schwäbischen Alb [Brachiopods from the Upper Dogger of the Swabian Alb]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 121:156-203

Belongs to Goniothyris according to I. Seifert 1963

Sister taxa: Goniothyris craneae, Goniothyris glendayi, Goniothyris gravida, Goniothyris hungarica, Goniothyris poleymiensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Röttingen, Parkinsoni Oolith, which is in a Bajocian marine horizon in the "Parkinsoni Oolith" Formation of Germany

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Germany (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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