Paterimitra pyramidalis Laurie 1986 (lamp shell)

Brachiopoda - Tommotiida

Full reference: J. R. Laurie. 1986. Phosphatic fauna of the Early Cambrian Todd River Dolomite, Amadeus Basin, central Australia. Alcheringa 10(4):431-454

Belongs to Paterimitra according to C. M. Larsson et al. 2014

See also Gravestock et al. 2001 and Laurie 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Australian Geological Survey Organisation, Commonwealth Palaeontological Collection (Canberra) CPC23676, a shell. Its type locality is NT 600. Todd River, 50 km south, 20 km East of Alice Springs, which is in an Atdabanian/Botomian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Todd River Dolomite Formation of Australia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (63 collections), China (1)

Total: 64 collections each including a single occurrence

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