Waisiuthyrina Beets 1942 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dyscoliidae

Full reference: C. Beets. 1942. On Waisiuthyrina, a new articulate Brachiopod genus from the upper-Oligocene of Buton (S.E. Celebes), Dutch East Indies. Leidse Geologische Mededelingen 13:341-347

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

See also Beets 1942 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Dyscolia, Goniobrochus, Moraviaturia

Subtaxa: Waisiuthyrina margineplicata

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Type: Waisiuthyrina margineplicata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Indonesia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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