Gibbirhynchia gibbosa Buckman 1917 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Full reference: S. S. Buckman. 1917. The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 3(2):1-254

Belongs to Gibbirhynchia according to X. Shi and R. E. Grant 1993

See also Ager 1954 and Ager 1962

Sister taxa: Gibbirhynchia ageri, Gibbirhynchia amalthei, Gibbirhynchia cantabrica, Gibbirhynchia curviceps, Gibbirhynchia liasica, Gibbirhynchia lua, Gibbirhynchia micra, Gibbirhynchia muirwoodae, Gibbirhynchia mundula, Gibbirhynchia northamptonensis, Gibbirhynchia orsinii, Gibbirhynchia reyi, Gibbirhynchia sordellii, Gibbirhynchia thorncombiensis, Gibbirhynchia tiltonensis, Gibbirhynchia tounatensis, Gibbirhynchia urkutica

Type specimen: Its type locality is South Petherton (BGS collection), which is in a Spinatum carbonate limestone in the Marlstone Rock-bed Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Israel (1 collection), Spain (8), the United Kingdom (11)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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