Westonia nyapungensis Kruse 1990 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Full reference: P. D. Kruse. 1990. Cambrian palaeontology of the Daly Basin. Northern Territory Geological Survey 7:1-58

Belongs to Westonia according to P. M. Smith et al. 2016

See also Kruse 1990

Sister taxa: Obolus (Westonia) alandensis, Obolus (Westonia) baltica, Obolus (Westonia) blackwelderi, Obolus (Westonia) dartoni, Obolus (Westonia) ella, Obolus (Westonia) elongatus, Obolus (Westonia) finlandensis, Obolus (Westonia) iphis, Obolus (Westonia) notchensis, Obolus (Westonia) themis, Obolus (Westonia) wasatchensis, Obolus (Westonia) wimani, Westonia anrakhaica, Westonia bohemica, Westonia clathrata, Westonia ella, Westonia gubaiensis, Westonia superba

Type specimen: Its type locality is Horizon7, Drillhole 83/3, Daly Basin, Tindall Limestone, which is in a Cambrian open shallow subtidal limestone/packstone in the Tindall Limestone Formation of Australia

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (19 collections)

• Templetonian of Australia (1)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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