Tegulorhynchia ampullacea Bitner 1996 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Notosariidae

Full reference: M. A. Bitner. 1996. Brachiopods from the Eocene La Meseta Formation of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Palaeontologia Polonica 55:65-100

Belongs to Tegulorhynchia according to M. A. Bitner 1996

Sister taxa: Tegulorhynchia boongeroodaensis, Tegulorhynchia coelata, Tegulorhynchia coelospina, Tegulorhynchia depressa, Tegulorhynchia doederleini, Tegulorhynchia hrodelberti, Tegulorhynchia imbricata, Tegulorhynchia masoni, Tegulorhynchia squamosa, Tegulorhynchia squamosa, Tegulorhynchia thomsoni, Tegulorhynchia tubulifera

Type specimen: ZPAL Bp.XXXVII/95, a shell. Its type locality is ZPAL 1, Bill Hill, Telm 1, which is in a Ypresian prodelta siltstone/sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at ZPAL 1, Bill Hill, Telm 1

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