Hamburgia chappelensis Carter 1967 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cranaenidae

Full reference: J. L. Carter. 1967. Mississippian brachiopods from the Chappel Limestone of central Texas. Bulletins of American Paleontology 53(238):249-488

Belongs to Hamburgia according to J. L. Carter 1967

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 154931, a shell. Its type locality is USNM 9045, Chappel Ls, McCulloc County, TX, which is in a Kinderhookian shallow subtidal limestone in the Chappel Limestone Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (7: Texas collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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