Almerarhynchia kunradensis Simon 2003 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae

Full reference: E. Simon. 2003. A new Late Maastrichtian rhynchonellide brachiopod from the Kunrade Limestone facies near Maastricht (southern Limburg, The Netherlands). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 73:137-148

Belongs to Almerarhynchia according to E. Simon 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IRScNB-MI 10889, a shell. Its type locality is Kunrade area (IRScNB Ubaghs collection), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Kunrade Formation of the Netherlands.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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