Notosaria seymourensis Owen 1980 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Notosariidae

Full reference: E. F. Owen. 1980. Tertiary and Cretaceous brachiopods from Seymour, Cockburn and James Ross Islands, Antarctica. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 33:123-145

Belongs to Notosaria according to M. A. Bitner 1996

Sister taxa: Notosaria antipoda, Notosaria nigricans, Notosaria nysti, Notosaria sublaevis

Type specimen: BB 76590. Its type locality is D.492.1, which is in a Paleogene marine claystone in Antarctica.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Antarctica (2 collections)

• Paleogene of Antarctica (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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