Echinauris newberryi McKee 1938 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Alternative combination: Avonia newberryi

Full reference: E. D. McKee. 1938. The environment and history of the Toroweap and Kaibab Formations of northern Arizona and southern Utah. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 492:1-268

Belongs to Echinauris according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975

See also McKee 1938

Sister taxa: Echinauris bella, Echinauris boulei, Echinauris circularis, Echinauris crassa, Echinauris dorsoconcava, Echinauris doulingensis, Echinauris huehuetenanguensis, Echinauris interrupta, Echinauris irregularis, Echinauris jisuensis, Echinauris lappacea, Echinauris lateralis, Echinauris liumbona, Echinauris magna, Echinauris opuntia, Echinauris parva, Echinauris productelloides, Echinauris subhorrida, Echinauris subquadrata, Echinauris venustula, Echinauris zhexiensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Aubrey Cliffs, Beta bed 2 (Permian of Arizona)

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