Zeilleria elliptica Zugmayer 1882 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Alternative combination: Waldheimia elliptica

Full reference: H. Zugmayer. 1882. Untersuchungen über rhätische Brachiopoden. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 1:1-42

Belongs to Zeilleria according to M. Siblik 1998

See also Iordan 1993, Jin et al. 1979, Sandy and Stanley 1993, Xu 1978 and Zugmayer 1882

Sister taxa: Zeilleria (Zeilleria), Zeilleria alpina, Zeilleria aquilina, Zeilleria astartina, Zeilleria austriaca, Zeilleria baldaccii, Zeilleria balkarensis, Zeilleria biappendiculata, Zeilleria bicolor, Zeilleria bucculenta, Zeilleria bukowski, Zeilleria choffati, Zeilleria dedengensis, Zeilleria digona, Zeilleria donetziana, Zeilleria egena, Zeilleria elliotti, Zeilleria exigua, Zeilleria guerassimovi, Zeilleria hararina, Zeilleria hudsoni, Zeilleria humeralis, Zeilleria kedonensis, Zeilleria kysylrabatensis, Zeilleria lagenalis, Zeilleria latifrons, Zeilleria leckenbyi, Zeilleria lingulata, Zeilleria lituanica, Zeilleria livingstonei, Zeilleria lycetti, Zeilleria mariae, Zeilleria minima, Zeilleria moisseievi, Zeilleria montbisotensis, Zeilleria mutabilis, Zeilleria norica, Zeilleria opuatiaensis, Zeilleria perforata, Zeilleria popilanica, Zeilleria primaria, Zeilleria quadrifida, Zeilleria quiaiosensis, Zeilleria recessa, Zeilleria repanda, Zeilleria rollieri, Zeilleria sacciformis, Zeilleria spiculata, Zeilleria subcensoriensis, Zeilleria subdigona, Zeilleria subnumismalis, Zeilleria subranvilli, Zeilleria subrugata, Zeilleria terezowae, Zeilleria thurwieseri, Zeilleria trautscholdi, Zeilleria truncatella, Zeilleria umbonella, Zeilleria venusta, Zeilleria waehneri, Zeilleria waiohipaensis, Zeilleria waltoni

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (7 collections), China (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (5), Slovakia (1), United States (11: Nevada)

Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence

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