Neothyris rylandae Craig 1999 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae

Full reference: R. S. Craig. 1999. A new Pliocene terebratulid brachiopod from the Roe Calcarenite, Eucla Basin of southern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 19:267-275

Belongs to Neothyris according to R. S. Craig 2001

See also Craig 1999

Sister taxa: Magellania (Neothyris) venosa, Neothyris dawsoni, Neothyris lenticularis, Neothyris obtusa, Neothyris ovalis

Type specimen: WAM 82.2368, a shell. Its type locality is PL 3167. Roe Plains, 1.5 km north of Hampton Microwave Repeater Tower, which is in a Gelasian shoreface grainstone in the Roe Calcarenite Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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