Morrisithyris amoena Seifert 1963 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae

Alternative combination: Goniothyris amoena

Full reference: I. Seifert. 1963. Die Brachiopoden des oberen Dogger der Schwäbischen Alb [Brachiopods from the Upper Dogger of the Swabian Alb]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 121:156-203

Belongs to Morrisithyris according to Y. Alméras 1970

See also Seifert 1963

Sister taxa: Morrisithyris aargauensis, Morrisithyris corvina, Morrisithyris davidsoni, Morrisithyris favrei, Morrisithyris latifrons, Morrisithyris phillipsi, Morrisithyris phillipsiana, Morrisithyris prosorovskaiae, Morrisithyris quenstedti, Morrisithyris uniformis, Morrisithyris vercrae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oberdorf, Parkinsoni Oolith, which is in a Bajocian marine horizon in the "Parkinsoni Oolith" Formation of Germany

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (2 collections), Germany (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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