Euidothyris lucerna Crickmay 1933 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae

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 Euidothyris according to C. H. Crickmay 1933

Sister taxa: Euidothyris euides, Euidothyris extensa, Euidothyris francescalaurae, Euidothyris holcophora, Terebratula (Euidothyris) lissajousi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nortwest slope of the Knob, which is in a Bajocian marine sandstone in the Mormon Formation of California

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nortwest slope of the Knob

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