Megousia solita Waterhouse 1968 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Alternative combination: Anidanthus solitus

Synonyms: Kuvelousia aurifera Waterhouse 1986, Nothokuvelousia aurifera Waterhouse 1986

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1968. New species of Megousia Muir-Wood and Cooper and allied new genus from the Permian of Australia and North America. Journal of Paleontology 42(5):1171-1185

Belongs to Megousia according to D. J. C. Briggs 1998

See also Wass and Banks 1971, Waterhouse 1968 and Waterhouse 1986

Sister taxa: Megousia aagardi, Megousia alata, Megousia auriculata, Megousia crenulata, Megousia definita, Megousia flexuosa, Megousia girtyi, Megousia kolymaensis, Megousia kulikii, Megousia mucronata, Megousia nakamurai, Megousia papilio, Megousia pobedensis, Megousia sinuata, Megousia umbonata, Megousia waageniana, Megousia yakutica

Type specimens:

  • Megousia solita: ANU 17752. Its type locality is Berrara, which is in a Roadian offshore siltstone in the Wandrawandian Formation of Australia.
  • Kuvelousia aurifera: UQF 74096. Its type locality is UQ L4570, Rose's Pride Mine, which is in an Artinskian coastal sandstone/conglomerate in the Buffel Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (23 collections)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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