Capillirhynchia gallatinensis Crickmay 1933 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Full reference: C. H. Crickmay. 1933. Attempt to Zone the North American Jurassic on the Basis of its Brachiopods. Geological Society America Bulletin 44:871-894

Belongs to Capillirhynchia according to C. H. Crickmay 1933

Sister taxa: Capillirhynchia brezenensis, Capillirhynchia kardonikensis, Capillirhynchia paronai, Capillirhynchia perplicata, Capillirhynchia solitaria, Capillirhynchia urupensis, Capillirhynchia vjalovi, Capillirhynchia wrighti

Type specimen: Its type locality is North slope of Joseph Peak, which is in a Bajocian/Bathonian carbonate shale/limestone in the Sawtooth Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at North slope of Joseph Peak

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