Gilledia fairylandensis Waterhouse 1987 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gillediidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1987. Late Palaeozoic Brachiopoda (Athyrida, Spiriferida and Terebratulida) from the southeast Bowen Basin, east Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 196(1-3):1-56

Belongs to Gilledia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987

Sister taxa: Gilledia culburrensis, Gilledia cymbaeformis, Gilledia homevalensis, Gilledia jervisensis, Gilledia oakiensis, Gilledia pelicanensis, Gilledia woolagensis

Type specimen: UQ F74264. Its type locality is UQ L4870, Buffel Hill, Cracow Station, which is in an Artinskian coastal sandstone in the Buffel Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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