Morrisithyris uniformis Seifert 1963 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae

Alternative combination: Goniothyris uniformis

Full reference: I. Seifert. 1963. Die Brachiopoden des oberen Dogger der Schwäbischen Alb [Brachiopods from the Upper Dogger of the Swabian Alb]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 121:156-203

Belongs to Morrisithyris according to Y. Alméras and B. Peybernès 1979

See also Seifert 1963

Sister taxa: Morrisithyris aargauensis, Morrisithyris amoena, Morrisithyris corvina, Morrisithyris davidsoni, Morrisithyris favrei, Morrisithyris latifrons, Morrisithyris phillipsi, Morrisithyris phillipsiana, Morrisithyris prosorovskaiae, Morrisithyris quenstedti, Morrisithyris vercrae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Röttingen, Bifurcata Oolith, which is in a Bajocian marine horizon in the "Bifurcata Oolith" Formation of Germany

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (3), Spain (2)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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