Tigillumia biparallela Waterhouse 1987 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Alternative combination: Martiniopsis biparallela

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1987. Late Palaeozoic Brachiopoda (Athyrida, Spiriferida and Terebratulida) from the southeast Bowen Basin, east Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 196(1-3):1-56

Belongs to Tigillumia according to J. B. Waterhouse and G. R. Shi 2010

See also Waterhouse 1987 and Waterhouse 1998

Sister taxa: Tigillumia adminiculata, Tigillumia havilensis

Type specimen: UQF 70134. Its type locality is UQ L4108, Ross Creek Tributary, Cracow Station, which is in a Roadian foreshore conglomerate/sandstone in the Brae Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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