ammonites
Fletcherithyris reidi Campbell 1965 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

Full reference: K. S. W. Campbell. 1965. Australian Permian terebratuloids. Bureau of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 68:3-146

Belongs to Fletcherithyris according to J. B. Waterhouse 1983

Sister taxa: Fletcherithyris antesulcata, Fletcherithyris biundata, Fletcherithyris braxtonensis, Fletcherithyris canni, Fletcherithyris farleyensis, Fletcherithyris galbina, Fletcherithyris hardmani, Fletcherithyris illawarrensis, Fletcherithyris parkesi, Fletcherithyris scotti, Fletcherina margaritovi, Fletcherina zealandica

Type specimen: ANU 11981. Its type locality is Cattle Creek, near Consuelo Creek, Serocold Anticline, which is in an Artinskian marine shale in the Cattle Creek Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 15.6 x 12.9, valve 17.4 x 13.8