Fletcherithyris antesulcata Waterhouse 1983 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1983. Taxonomic names, in The sequence of Permian rocks and faunas near Exmoor Homestead south of Collinsville, north Bowen Basin. Permian Geology of Queensland 231-267

Belongs to Fletcherithyris according to J. B. Waterhouse 1983

Sister taxa: Fletcherithyris biundata, Fletcherithyris braxtonensis, Fletcherithyris canni, Fletcherithyris farleyensis, Fletcherithyris galbina, Fletcherithyris hardmani, Fletcherithyris illawarrensis, Fletcherithyris parkesi, Fletcherithyris reidi, Fletcherithyris scotti, Fletcherina zealandica

Type specimen: UQ F73224, a shell (Conjoined internal mold). Its type locality is UQ L4639, Bowen River, Exmoor Homestead, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine sandstone in the Blenheim Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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