Goliathyris lewyi Feldman and Owen 1988 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Full reference: H. R. Feldman and E. F. Owen. 1988. Goliathyris lewyi, new species (Brachiopoda, Terebratulacea) from the Jurassic of Gebel El-Minshera, northern Sinai. American Museum Novitates 2908:1-12

Belongs to Goliathyris according to H. R. Feldman and E. F. Owen 1988

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gebel El-Minshera, which is in a Callovian marine marl/claystone in Egypt

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Gebel El-Minshera

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