Psilothyris occidentalis Cooper 1955 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Laqueidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1955. New Cretaceous Brachiopoda from Arizona. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 131(4):1-18

Belongs to Psilothyris according to G. A. Cooper 1955

Sister taxa: Psilothyris airgulensis, Psilothyris hispanica, Psilothyris tamarinda, Psilothyris tamarindus, Psilothyris villersensis, Tamarella vesta, Tamarella elliptica, Tamarella bonneyi, Tamarella juddi

Type specimen: USNM No124191, a shell.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Small hill opposite Glance Canyon mouth, 0.2 miles off US-80 (Cretaceous of Arizona)

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