Notothyris berkeyi Grabau 1931 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

Full reference: A. W. Grabau. 1931. The Permian of Mongolia. Natural History of Asia 4:1-665

Belongs to Notothyris according to A. W. Grabau 1931

Sister taxa: Dielasma (Notothyris) triangularis, Notothyris acuta, Notothyris bifoldes, Notothyris buriensis, Notothyris chainahaensis, Notothyris crassa, Notothyris daudensis, Notothyris depressus, Notothyris djoulfensis, Notothyris duplicata, Notothyris fissicostata, Notothyris ghundiensis, Notothyris gillilandensis, Notothyris gojraensis, Notothyris hexeris, Notothyris inaequiplicata, Notothyris inflata, Notothyris irregularis, Notothyris jalaidensis, Notothyris lenticularis, Notothyris liangshuikouensis, Notothyris lochardi, Notothyris lucida, Notothyris minuta, Notothyris multiplicata, Notothyris nucleolus, Notothyris orthosinus, Notothyris planiplicata, Notothyris polaris, Notothyris praelecta, Notothyris pseudodjoulfensis, Notothyris qujiangensis, Notothyris rectimarginatus, Notothyris revocata, Notothyris riparia, Notothyris sakagami, Notothyris sarinensis, Notothyris shizilingensis, Notothyris simplex, Notothyris subnucleolus, Notothyris subpentagona, Notothyris subvesicularis, Notothyris triplax, Notothyris triplicata, Notothyris uralica, Notothyris venusta, Notothyris walkeri, Notothyris warthi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jisu Honguer 1190, Enteletes Bed, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Zhesi Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jisu Honguer 1190, Enteletes Bed

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