Ambikella furca Waterhouse 1967 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1967. Upper Permian (Tatarian) brachiopods from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 10:74-118

Belongs to Ambikella according to J. B. Waterhouse 1967

Sister taxa: Ambikella antesulcata, Ambikella elongata, Ambikella himalayanicus, Ambikella ovata, Ambikella undulosina, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) bamberi, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) fructiformis, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) ovulum, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) petrenkoi, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) postglabra, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) regina, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) symmetrica, Homevalaria profunda

Type specimen: NZGS BR1194. Its type locality is GS9140, Roding River (N28/f7700), which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Stephens Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of New Zealand (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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