Minutella dragonensis Pajaud 1970 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecidellinidae

Alternative combination: Thecidellina dragonensis

Full reference: D. Pajaud. 1970. Taxonomic names, in Brachiopodes nouveaux du "Sparnacien" des Petites Pyrénées et du Plantaural. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 106:312-327

Belongs to Minutella according to M. A. Bitner and N. Motchurova-Dekova 2016

See also Pajaud 1970 and Pajaud 1972

Sister taxon: Minutella bulgarica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lapiche, which is in a Ypresian carbonate marl in France

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (2 collections)

• Paleocene of Spain (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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