Tumarinia yukonica Shi and Waterhouse 1996 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Licharewiidae

Full reference: G. R. Shi and J.B. Waterhouse. 1996. Lower Permian brachiopods and molluscs from the upper Jungle Creek Formation, northern Yukon Territory, Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 424:1-241

Belongs to Tumarinia according to G. R. Shi and J.B. Waterhouse 1996

Sister taxa: Tumarinia boskhoensis, Tumarinia ganelini, Tumarinia keyserlingiformis, Tumarinia latiareata, Tumarinia ochotnikovi, Tumarinia orientalis, Tumarinia uldsiensis, Tumarinia wimani, Tumarinia zavodowskii

Type specimen: GSC 97206. Its type locality is GSC 53714, Section 116H-1A, Peel River, which is in a Sakmarian marine sandstone in the Jungle Creek Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Canada (8: Yukon collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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