Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
Full reference: E. F. Owen. 1980. Tertiary and Cretaceous brachiopods from Seymour, Cockburn and James Ross Islands, Antarctica. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 33:123-145
Belongs to Terebratella according to M. A. Bitner 1996
Sister taxa: Terebratella (Magasella), Terebratella (Waltonia), Terebratella averilli, Terebratella californica, Terebratella dorsata, Terebratella enzenspergeri, Terebratella mayi, Terebratella obesa, Terebratella occidentalis, Terebratella patagonica, Terebratella rubiginosa, Terebratella sookensis, Terebratella spitzbergensis, Terebratella submutica, Terebratella tennuis
Type specimen: Its type locality is IPS 4, Seymour Island, which is in a Bartonian shoreface sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Antarctica (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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