Coledium costacurtosus Waterhouse 2004 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 2004. Permian and Triassic stratigraphy and fossils of the Himalaya in northern Nepal. Earthwise 6:1-259

Belongs to Coledium according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004

Sister taxa: Coledium altisulcatum, Coledium angarium, Coledium bowsheri, Coledium cestriensis, Coledium cheni, Coledium costulatum, Coledium crassa, Coledium dutroi, Coledium elvinia, Coledium erugatum, Coledium evexum, Coledium explanatum, Coledium globulinum, Coledium indentatum, Coledium obesum, Coledium opimum, Coledium rhomboidale, Coledium rhomboidea, Coledium saquensis, Coledium satuni, Coledium selongensis, Coledium therum, Coledium torvum, Coledium undulatum, Coledium vadosulcatum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chidru, "Cephalopod Bed", Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Chidru, "Cephalopod Bed", Salt Range

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