Atrypa oneidensis Beus 1965 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae

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 Atrypa according to S. S. Beus 1965

Sister taxa: Atrypa (Gotatrypa), Atrypa (Planatrypa), Atrypa boloniensis, Atrypa concinna, Atrypa dormitzeri, Atrypa hedei, Atrypa jukesii, Atrypa missouriensis, Atrypa nevadana, Atrypa oklahomensis, Atrypa putilla, Atrypa reticularis

Type specimen: UCLA 35003, 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 epifaunal suspension feeder

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

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