Paucispinauria paucispinosa Waterhouse 1986 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Alternative combination: Terrakea paucispinosa

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1986. Taxonomic names, in Late Palaeozoic Scyphozoa and Brachiopoda (Inarticulata, Strophomenida, Productida and Rhynchonellida) from the southeast Bowen Basin, Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 193(1-4):1-76

Belongs to Paucispinauria according to J. B. Waterhouse and G. R. Shi 2010

See also Briggs 1998 and Waterhouse 1986

Sister taxa: Paucispinauria concava, Paucispinauria geniculata, Paucispinauria solida, Paucispinauria verecunda

Type specimen: UQ F70137, a valve (Ventral valve, external mold). Its type locality is UQ L4320, Ross Creek Tributary, Cracow Station, which is in a Roadian coastal sandstone in the Brae Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (13 collections)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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