Mosaethyris felderi Simon 2005 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Mosaethyrididae

Full reference: E. Simon. 2005. New Lower Maastrichtian brachiopods (Gulpen Formation, Vijlen Member) from southern Limburg (The Netherlands). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 75:127-165

Belongs to Mosaethyris according to E. Simon 2005

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMM GK 586, a shell. Its type locality is Nieuwe Weg, Zeven Wegen, Vijlenerbosch (62D-15b), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in the Gulpen Formation of the Netherlands.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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