Acrothele sougyi Poulsen 1960 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Acrothelidae

Full reference: C. Poulsen. 1960. Notes on some Lower Cambrian fossils from French West Africa. Matematisk-Fysiske Meddelelser udgivet af Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 32(7):1-12

Belongs to Acrothele according to C. Poulsen 1960

Sister taxa: Acrothele (Redlichella), Acrothele affinis, Acrothele artemis, Acrothele bellapunctata, Acrothele bellula, Acrothele bergeroni, Acrothele borgholmensis, Acrothele concava, Acrothele coriacea, Acrothele decipiens, Acrothele dichotoma, Acrothele levisensis, Acrothele minuta, Acrothele primaeva, Acrothele rarus, Acrothele speciosa, Acrothele spinulosa, Acrothele subsidua, Acrothele turneri, Acrothele woodworthi, Acrothele yorkensis, Dearbornia clarki

Type specimen: Its type locality is Aghachan el Akhdhar, which is in a Cambrian marine shale in Mauritania

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Aghachan el Akhdhar

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