†Megerlina dorothyae Craig 1999 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Kraussinidae
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 Megerlina according to R. S. Craig 1999
Sister taxa: Megerlina atkinosni, Megerlina capensis, Megerlina irenae, Megerlina lamarckiana, Megerlina miracula, Megerlina natalensis, Megerlina pisum
Type specimen: WAM 71.1536. Its type locality is Bushell's Bore, Kewdale, which is in a Gelasian shoreface sandstone in the Ascot Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bushell's Bore, Kewdale
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