†Cererithyris ovalis Buckman 1917 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Full reference: S. S. Buckman. 1917. The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 3(2):1-254
Belongs to Cererithyris according to S. S. Buckman 1917
Sister taxa: Cererithyris arkelli, Cererithyris dorsetensis, Cererithyris fleischeri, Cererithyris intermedia, Cererithyris linguifera, Cererithyris pentagonalis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Brize Norton, which is in a Bathonian carbonate horizon in the Cornbrash Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Brize Norton
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