Tomiopsis (Johndearia) pelicanensis Campbell 1960 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Alternative combination: Ingelarella pelicanensis

Full reference: K.S.W. Campbell. 1960. The brachiopod genera Ingelarella and Notospirifer in the Permian of Queensland. Journal of Paleontology 34(6):1106-1123

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

See also Campbell 1960 and Waterhouse 1964

Sister taxa: Tomiopsis (Johndearia) dissimilis, Tomiopsis (Johndearia) isbelli, Tomiopsis (Johndearia) isbelliformis, Tomiopsis (Johndearia) magna

Type specimen: GSQ 2078. Its type locality is Pelican Creek, CPA21, Bowen River Coalfield, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Blenheim Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (3 collections), New Zealand (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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