Quadratirhynchia quadrata Buckman 1917 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Synonym: Quadratirhynchia sphaeroidalis Buckman 1917

Full reference: S. S. Buckman. 1917. The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 3(2):1-254

Belongs to Quadratirhynchia according to Y. Alméras et al. 2007

See also Ager 1956, Alméras and Fauré 2000 and Buckman 1917

Sister taxa: Quadratirhynchia attenuata, Quadratirhynchia crassimedia, Quadratirhynchia vasconcellosi

Type specimens:

  • Quadratirhynchia quadrata: Its type locality is Yeovil (BGS collection), which is in a Spinatum carbonate limestone in the United Kingdom
  • Quadratirhynchia sphaeroidalis: Its type locality is Moolham (Tucher Coll.), which is in a Spinatum marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Bulgaria (2 collections), France (27), Spain (19), the United Kingdom (9)

Total: 57 collections each including a single occurrence

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