†Cancellothyris africana Elliott 1954 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Full reference: G. F. Elliott. 1954. New Brachiopoda from the Eocene of England, France and Africa. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Twelfth Series 7:721-728
Belongs to Cancellothyris according to G. F. Elliott 1954
Sister taxa: Cancellothyris ascotensis, Cancellothyris hedleyi, Cancellothyris platys
Type specimen: BMNH BB.13003, a shell. Its type locality is South of Lindi, which is in a Lutetian marine horizon in Tanzania.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at South of Lindi
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