Megousia crenulata Briggs 1998 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Full reference: D. J. C. Briggs. 1998. Permian Productidina and Strophalosiidina from the Sydney-Bowen Basin and New England Orogen: systematics and biostratigraphic significance. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 19:1-258

Belongs to Megousia according to D. J. C. Briggs 1998

Sister taxa: Megousia aagardi, Megousia alata, Megousia auriculata, Megousia definita, Megousia flexuosa, Megousia girtyi, Megousia kolymaensis, Megousia kulikii, Megousia mucronata, Megousia nakamurai, Megousia papilio, Megousia pobedensis, Megousia sinuata, Megousia solita, Megousia umbonata, Megousia waageniana, Megousia yakutica

Type specimen: AM F92693, a shell (Conjoined shell). Its type locality is UQ L5165, Montague Point, Jervis Bay, which is in a Roadian offshore siltstone in the Wandrawandian Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UQ L5165, Montague Point, Jervis Bay

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