Timaniella convexa Shi and Waterhouse 1996 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

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 Timaniella according to G. R. Shi and J.B. Waterhouse 1996

Sister taxa: Timaniella festa, Timaniella harkeri, Timaniella magniplicata, Timaniella pseudocamerata, Timaniella vasjagensis

Type specimen: GSC 97568. Its type locality is JBW526, Ettrain Creek, which is in an Artinskian marine siltstone in the Jungle Creek Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at JBW526, Ettrain Creek

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