Myodelthyrium Thomas 1985 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae

Alternative spelling: Myodethyrium

Full reference: G. A. Thomas. 1985. Myodelthyrium, a new Permian genus of the Syringothyridacea Frederiks 1926 (Brachiopoda). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 97(3):163-165

Parent taxon: Permasyrinxinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Asyrinxia, Cundaria, Cyrtella, Kungaella, Kyutepia, Pachycyrtella, Permasyrinx, Petinospiriferina, Primorewia, Pseudosyringothyris, Pseudosyrinx, Subansiria, Sulcicosta, Syrella, Verkhotomia, Woolagia

Subtaxa: Myodelthyrium dickinsi

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (19 collections)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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