Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Full reference: C. H. C. Brunton and N. Hiller. 1990. Late Cainozoic Brachiopods from the coast of Namaqualand, South Africa. Palaeontology 33(2):313-342
Belongs to Cancellothyris according to C. H. C. Brunton and N. Hiller 1990
Sister taxa: Cancellothyris africana, Cancellothyris ascotensis, Cancellothyris hedleyi
Subtaxa: Cancellothyris platys petalos
Type specimen: BD6742, a shell. Its type locality is Avontuur A (50m Unit), which is in a Messinian shoreface sandstone in the Alexander Bay Formation of South Africa.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of South Africa (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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