Beecheria samarica Smirnova 2007 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Beecheriidae

Full reference: T. N. Smirnova. 2007. Permian terebratulids of Eurasia: morphology, systematics, and phylogeny. Paleontological Journal 41(7):707-813

Belongs to Beecheria according to T. N. Smirnova 2007

Sister taxa: Beecheria angusta, Beecheria bovidens, Beecheria chouteauensis, Beecheria curva, Beecheria elliptica, Beecheria expansa, Beecheria fernglenensis, Beecheria kargaliensis, Beecheria lidarensis, Beecheria magna, Beecheria netschajewi

Type specimen: PIN 4898/2535, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Kamyshla Village, Sok River (PIN collection), which is in a Roadian marine marl/limestone in the Kazan Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kamyshla Village, Sok River (PIN collection)

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