Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1978. Permian Brachiopoda and Mollusca from north-west Nepal. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 160(1-6):1-175
Parent taxon: Pterospiriferinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Waterhouse 2004
Sister taxa: Alispirifer, Haplospirifer, Johncarteria, Pterospirifer, Spiriferinaella, Xizispirifer, Yukonospirifer
Subtaxa: Pteroplecta joharensis Pteroplecta laminatus Pteroplecta niger Pteroplecta sulcata Pteroplecta varuniformis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), India (3), Nepal (29), Pakistan (32)
Total: 65 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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