Bursa saundersi Adegoke 1977 (frog shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae

Full reference: O. S. Adegoke. 1977. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Ewekoro Formation (Paleocene) of Southwestern Nigeria. Bulletins of American Paleontology 71(295):1-379

Belongs to Bursa according to O. S. Adegoke 1977

Sister taxa: Bursa (Bursa), Bursa amphitrites, Bursa asperrima, Bursa bufonia, Bursa chipolana, Bursa chira, Bursa condita, Bursa corrugata, Bursa cruentata, Bursa granularis, Bursa grayana, Bursa koperbergae, Bursa lamarckii, Bursa latitudo, Bursa natalensis, Bursa ranelloides, Bursa rhodostoma, Bursa rosa, Bursa rubeta, Bursa rugosa, Bursa scrobilator, Bursa trampasensis, Bursa victrix, Bursa washingtoniana

Type specimen: UIMG 394. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry

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