Menathyris wilsoni Feldman 2013 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Full reference: H. R. Feldman. 2013. Menathyris wilsoni (Brachiopoda), new genus and species from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of southern Israel. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 83:81-85

Belongs to Menathyris according to H. R. Feldman 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH FI-85648, a shell. Its type locality is Har Gevanim, Makhtesh Ramon, Subunit 44, which is in a Fassanian carbonate limestone in the Saharonim Formation of Israel.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Har Gevanim, Makhtesh Ramon, Subunit 44

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