Lophrothyris contracta Buckman 1917 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae

Full reference: S. S. Buckman. 1917. The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 3(2):1-254

Belongs to Lophrothyris according to S. S. Buckman 1917

Sister taxa: Lophrothyris etheridgei, Lophrothyris etheridgii, Lophrothyris lophus, Lophrothyris montreuillensis, Lophrothyris senilis, Lophrothyris subequestris, Lophrothyris ventae, Lophrothyris whitakeri, Lophrothyris wistleyensis, Lophrothyris withingtonensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Holway Hill, which is in a Murchisonae marine horizon in the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Morocco (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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