Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Alternative combinations: Neospirifer (Quadrospira) plicatus, Neospirifer plicatus, Quadrospira plicata
Full reference: N. W. Archbold and G. A. Thomas. 1986. Neospirifer and Trigonotreta (Spiriferida, Brachiopoda) from the Permian of Western Australia. Alcheringa 10:125-161
Belongs to Quadrospira according to A. Williams et al. 2007
See also Archbold 1997, Archbold and Thomas 1986 and Waterhouse 2004
Sister taxa: Neospirifer (Quadrospira) tibetensis, Quadrospira crassicostatus, Quadrospira hardmani, Quadrospira postplicatus, Quadrospira preplicatus, Quadrospira woolagensis
Type specimen: CPC24340, a shell (Articulated specimen). Its type locality is BMR ML87, Lyndon River, Mia Mia Homestead, which is in an Artinskian marine siliciclastic in the Madeline Formation of Australia.
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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