Holcothyris campbelli MacFarlan 2016 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae

Full reference: D. A. B. MacFarlan. 2016. Middle and Late Jurassic terebratulides from New Zealand. Palaeoworld 25:467-495

Belongs to Holcothyris according to D. A. B. MacFarlan 2016

Sister taxa: Holcothyris acuminata, Holcothyris ancile, Holcothyris angulata, Holcothyris angusta, Holcothyris breviseptata, Holcothyris concava, Holcothyris cooperi, Holcothyris curvata, Holcothyris delta, Holcothyris depressa, Holcothyris dubia, Holcothyris elliptica, Holcothyris excavata, Holcothyris golmudensis, Holcothyris kaiwaraensis, Holcothyris laosensis, Holcothyris luchiangensis, Holcothyris macra, Holcothyris micromorpha, Holcothyris orbicularis, Holcothyris ovata, Holcothyris ovoides, Holcothyris perplicata, Holcothyris plecta, Holcothyris raoi, Holcothyris rostrata, Holcothyris rotundata, Holcothyris subangulata, Holcothyris subcurvata, Holcothyris subovalis, Holcothyris tanggulaica, Holcothyris tenuis, Holcothyris trigonalis, Holcothyris trigonaris, Holcothyris triseptata

Type specimen: OU 15233, a shell. Its type locality is McF F31, Whakapirau Road (R16/f087), which is in an Oxfordian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of New Zealand (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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