Ambothyris utahensis Beus 1965 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

Full reference: S. S. Beus. 1965. Devonian Faunule from the Jefferson Formation, Central Blue Spring Hills, Utah-Idaho. Journal of Paleontology 39(1):21-30

Belongs to Ambothyris according to S. S. Beus 1965

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCLA 35006, a shell. Its type locality is Blue Spring Hills, Jefferson Fm. (Hyrum Mbr.), which is in a Frasnian shallow subtidal limestone in the Jefferson Formation of Idaho.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Blue Spring Hills, Jefferson Fm. (Hyrum Mbr.)

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