Wattonithyris lata Seifert 1963 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae

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 Wattonithyris according to I. Seifert 1963

Sister taxa: Wattonithyris callosa, Wattonithyris fullonica, Wattonithyris impexa, Wattonithyris magna, Wattonithyris pseudobullata, Wattonithyris pseudomaxillata, Wattonithyris roettingensis, Wattonithyris subsphaericus, Wattonithyris wurtembergica, Wattonithyris zamdaensis, Pseudowattonithyris gigantea, Pseudowattonithyris inflata, Pseudowattonithyris circumdata, Pseudowattonithyris depressa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bopfingen, 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 (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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