Waagenites stani Archbold 1988 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Full reference: N. W. Archbold. 1988. Studies on Western Australian Permian brachiopods 8: The Late Permian brachiopod fauna of the Kirkby Range Member, Canning Basin. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 100:21-32

Belongs to Waagenites according to N. W. Archbold 1988

Sister taxa: Waagenites aequicosta, Waagenites artemovkensis, Waagenites asinuata, Waagenites auriferus, Waagenites barusiensis, Waagenites deplanata, Waagenites dichotoma, Waagenites elegans, Waagenites grandicosta, Waagenites irregularis, Waagenites mediplicata, Waagenites squamulifera, Waagenites sureshanensis, Waagenites trapezoidalis, Waagenites tumenlingensis, Waagenites wynnei, Waagenites yunnanensis, Chonetes (Dienerella) robinsoni

Type specimen: GSWA F11223, a valve (External mould, dorsal valve). Its type locality is GSWA69561, Millyit Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine sandstone in the Hardman Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at GSWA69561, Millyit Range

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