Zenobiathyris plicatilis Craig 1999 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Full reference: R. S. Craig. 1999. Late Cretaceous brachiopods of the Perth and Carnarvon Basins, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum (19)413-442

Belongs to Zenobiathyris according to R. S. Craig 1999

Sister taxon: Zenobiathyris mutabilis

Type specimen: WAM 68.135, a shell. Its type locality is "Yatheroo", Dandaragan, which is in a Santonian offshore chalk in the Gingin Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (7 collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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