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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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