†Quadratirhynchia quadrata Buckman 1917 (lamp shell)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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