Cancellothyris ascotensis Craig 1999 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae

Full reference: R. S. Craig. 1999. The brachiopod fauna of the Plio-Pleistocene Ascot Formation, Perth Basin, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 19:451-464

Belongs to Cancellothyris according to R. S. Craig 1999

Sister taxa: Cancellothyris africana, Cancellothyris hedleyi, Cancellothyris platys

Type specimen: WAM 86.1606. Its type locality is Jupp's Bore, West Gingin, which is in a Gelasian shoreface sandstone in the Ascot Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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