Carapezzia engadinensis Sulser 2008 (rhynchonellid brachiopod)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Peregrinellidae

Full reference: H. Sulser. 2008. Taxonomic names, in Dimerelloid rhynchonellide brachiopods in the Lower Jurassic of the Engadine (Canton Graubünden, National Park, Switzerland). Swiss Journal of Geosciences 101:203-222

Belongs to Carapezzia according to H. Sulser 2008

Sister taxa: Carapezzia geyeri, Carapezzia globosa

Type specimen: PIMUZ 26662, a shell. Its type locality is Ils Fouruns, which is in a Hettangian carbonate lime mudstone in the Allgäu Formation of Switzerland.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ils Fouruns

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