Tomiopsis (Ambikella) postglabra Waterhouse 1987 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Alternative combination: Tomiopsis postglabra

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1987. Late Palaeozoic Brachiopoda (Athyrida, Spiriferida and Terebratulida) from the southeast Bowen Basin, east Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 196(1-3):1-56

Belongs to Tomiopsis (Ambikella) according to J. B. Waterhouse 1998

See also Waterhouse 1987

Sister taxa: Ambikella antesulcata, Ambikella elongata, Ambikella furca, Ambikella himalayanicus, Ambikella ovata, Ambikella undulosina, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) bamberi, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) fructiformis, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) ovulum, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) petrenkoi, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) regina, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) symmetrica, Homevalaria profunda

Type specimen: UQ F74195. Its type locality is UQ L4576, Buffel Hill, Cracow Station, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Buffel Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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