Geothomasia branxtonensis Etheridge Jr. 1919 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Alternative combinations: Ingelarella branxtonensis, Martiniopsis branxtonensis, Martiniopsis subradiata branxtonensis, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) branxtonensis, Tomiopsis branxtonensis

Full reference: R. Etheridge Jr. 1919. Palaeontologia Novae Cambriae Meridionalis - occasional descriptions of New South Wales fossils - No. 7. Records of the Australian Museum 12(9):183-192

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

See also Clarke 1992, Kashirtsev 1959, McClung 1978 and Waterhouse 1998

Sister taxa: Geothomasia teicherti, Geothomasia valida

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (19 collections), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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