Ovatathyris potternensis Owen 1988 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Full reference: E. F. Owen. 1988. Cenomanian brachiopods from the Lower Chalk of Britain and northern Europe. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 44(2):65-175

Belongs to Ovatathyris according to E. Gradinaru et al. 2006

See also Owen 1988

Sister taxon: Ovatathyris ovata

Type specimen: BB82149, a shell. Its type locality is Potterne (Rifle Butts), which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Upper Greensand Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Romania (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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