Holcothyris ovata Sahni 1940 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae

Full reference: M. R. Sahni. 1940. The Jurassic Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds of the Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 30(1):1-39

Belongs to Holcothyris according to M. R. Sahni 1940

Sister taxa: Holcothyris acuminata, Holcothyris ancile, Holcothyris angulata, Holcothyris angusta, Holcothyris breviseptata, Holcothyris campbelli, Holcothyris concava, Holcothyris cooperi, Holcothyris curvata, Holcothyris delta, Holcothyris depressa, Holcothyris dubia, Holcothyris elliptica, Holcothyris excavata, Holcothyris golmudensis, Holcothyris kaiwaraensis, Holcothyris laosensis, Holcothyris luchiangensis, Holcothyris macra, Holcothyris micromorpha, Holcothyris orbicularis, Holcothyris ovoides, Holcothyris perplicata, Holcothyris plecta, Holcothyris raoi, Holcothyris rostrata, Holcothyris rotundata, Holcothyris subangulata, Holcothyris subcurvata, Holcothyris subovalis, Holcothyris tanggulaica, Holcothyris tenuis, Holcothyris trigonalis, Holcothyris trigonaris, Holcothyris triseptata

Type specimen: GSI Type No. 16732. Its type locality is Namhkai, which is in a Bathonian carbonate limestone in the Namyau Beds Formation of Myanmar.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Namhkai

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