Lobothyris triassicus Sandy 1994 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae

Full reference: M. R. Sandy. 1994. Triassic-Jurassic articulate brachiopods from the Pucara Group, central Peru, and description of the brachidial net in the spiriferid Spondylospira. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 233:99-126

Belongs to Lobothyris according to M. R. Sandy 1994

Sister taxa: Lobothyris andleri, Lobothyris arcta, Lobothyris ceres, Lobothyris clevelandensis, Lobothyris complanata, Lobothyris crassa, Lobothyris deflecta, Lobothyris delta, Lobothyris dubia, Lobothyris edwardsi, Lobothyris fusiformis, Lobothyris germanica, Lobothyris hispanica, Lobothyris lata, Lobothyris monstrifer, Lobothyris moquensis, Lobothyris nux, Lobothyris ovatissima, Lobothyris ovatissimaeformis, Lobothyris ovulum, Lobothyris pervulgata, Lobothyris praepunctata, Lobothyris pseudocrithea, Lobothyris punctata, Lobothyris richardsi, Lobothyris romani, Lobothyris simesi, Lobothyris sinemuriensis, Lobothyris sospirolensis, Lobothyris subgregaria, Lobothyris swifti, Lobothyris taramellii, Lobothyris tuchkovi, Lobothyris uniplicata, Lobothyris zhonghuaensis

Type specimen: UMIP 22131. Its type locality is H-5, Huaricolca, which is in a Rhaetian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Chambara Formation of Peru.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Peru (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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