Geothomasia valida Campbell 1961 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Alternative combinations: Ingelarella valida, Martiniopsis valida, Tomiopsis valida

Full reference: K.S.W. Campbell. 1961. New species of the Permian spiriferoides Ingelarella and Notospirifer from Queensland and their stratigraphic implications. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 117(5-6):159-192

Belongs to Geothomasia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1998

See also Campbell 1961, Clarke 1971 and Waterhouse 1987

Sister taxa: Geothomasia branxtonensis, Geothomasia profunda, Geothomasia symmetrica, Geothomasia teicherti

Type specimen: UQ F21918, a valve (Ventral valve internal mold). Its type locality is UQ L1627, Homevale Bed 10, Nebo Synclinorium, which is in an Artinskian marine siliciclastic in the Tiverton Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (10 collections)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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