Pustulospiriferina etheridgei Armstrong 1970 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae

Alternative combination: Punctospirifer etheridgi

Full reference: J. Armstrong. 1970. Queensland Permian species of the spiriferid brachiopods Punctospirifer and Cleiothyridina. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 15:315-321

Belongs to Pustulospiriferina according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987

See also Armstrong 1970

Sister taxa: Pustulospiriferina australis, Pustulospiriferina lirata

Type specimen: UQF 54612. Its type locality is UQ L3127, middle strike ridge, Homevale, which is in an Artinskian marine siliciclastic in the Tiverton Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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