Gibbirhynchia muirwoodae Ager 1954 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Full reference: D. V. Ager. 1954. The genus Gibbirhynchia in the British Domerian. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 65:25-51

Belongs to Gibbirhynchia according to D. V. Ager 1962

See also Ager 1954

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Between Seatown and Eype Mouth, a few feet above Starfish bed, which is in a Margaritatus marine sandstone in the Down Cliff Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Slovakia (1 collection), Spain (6), the United Kingdom (5)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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