Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Sinucostidae
Alternative combinations: Mentzelioides praecursor, Spiriferina praecursor
Full reference: H. Zugmayer. 1882. Untersuchungen über rhätische Brachiopoden. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 1:1-42
Belongs to Sinucosta according to D. A. B. Pearson 1977
See also Dagys 1974 and Zugmayer 1882
Sister taxa: Sinucosta acerrima, Sinucosta bifucata, Sinucosta bittneri, Sinucosta emmrichi, Sinucosta evanescens, Sinucosta granulata, Sinucosta gregaria, Sinucosta impressula, Sinucosta longa, Sinucosta oligoptycha, Sinucosta pectinata, Sinucosta pontica, Sinucosta songdae, Guseriplia tulungensis, Guseriplia lanpingensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kaisersteffel, which is in a Rhaetian carbonate limestone in the Koessen Formation of Austria
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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