Loboidothyris mormonensis Crickmay 1933 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae

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 Loboidothyris according to C. H. Crickmay 1933

Sister taxa: Loboidothyris aethiopica, Loboidothyris aualites, Loboidothyris awakinoensis, Loboidothyris baltzeri, Loboidothyris bisuffarcinata, Loboidothyris cleminshawi, Loboidothyris eggensis, Loboidothyris fordycei, Loboidothyris gigas, Loboidothyris grantmackiei, Loboidothyris ingens, Loboidothyris insignis, Loboidothyris lossii, Loboidothyris meeki, Loboidothyris perchemensis, Loboidothyris perovalis, Loboidothyris peruviensis, Loboidothyris retrocarinata, Loboidothyris robusta, Loboidothyris stockari, Loboidothyris subsella, Loboidothyris subselloides, Loboidothyris valjinensis, Loboidothyris vinassai, Loboidothyris waitomoensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ravine 41 (rhacta zone), southeast slope of Mount Jura, which is in a Bajocian marine sandstone in the Mormon Formation of California

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ravine 41 (rhacta zone), southeast slope of Mount Jura

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