Costatumulus meritus Waterhouse 1986 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae

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 Costatumulus according to W. Z. Li et al. 2012

See also Briggs 1998 and Waterhouse 1986

Sister taxa: Costatumulus altissima, Costatumulus amosi, Costatumulus bolchovitinovae, Costatumulus caparayensis, Costatumulus capillatus, Costatumulus circularis, Costatumulus crassicostatina, Costatumulus distortus, Costatumulus dongpanensis, Costatumulus expansa, Costatumulus farleyensis, Costatumulus fragosa, Costatumulus germanicus, Costatumulus halli, Costatumulus irwinensis, Costatumulus minor, Costatumulus occidentalis, Costatumulus papilionata, Costatumulus polliciformis, Costatumulus prolongata, Costatumulus sahnii, Costatumulus shengmiensis, Costatumulus sidorkini, Costatumulus tazawai, Costatumulus tumidus, Costatumulus villiersi, Costatumulus yanagidae

Type specimen: UQF 74009. Its type locality is UQ L997, Cattle Creek, upstream from Consuelo Creek, which is in an Artinskian marine shale in the Sirius Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (22 collections)

Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence

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