Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Parent taxon: Neospiriferinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Waterhouse 2004
Sister taxa: Blasispirifer, Cartorhium, Costatispirifer, Crassispirifer, Cratispirifer, Fasciculatia, Fusispirifer, Fusispiriferinae, Gibbospirifer, Gypospirifer, Imperiospira, Kaninospirifer, Kaninospiriferinae, Lepidospirifer, Lutuginia, Maxwellispirifer, Neospirifer, Occidalia, Pondospirifer, Saltospirifer, Septospirifer, Simplicisulcus, Spiriferalaria, Tibetospirifer
Subtaxa: Betaneospirifer ambiensis Betaneospirifer marcoui Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis Betaneospirifer neomarcoui Betaneospirifer ravaniformis Betaneospirifer shii
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (3 collections), Canada (2: British Columbia, Nunavut), China (23), Hungary (1), India (12), Indonesia (1), Laos (1), Madagascar (1), Mongolia (1), Myanmar (1), Nepal (70), Pakistan (159), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (2: Alaska), Vietnam (1)
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Alaska)
Total: 281 collections including 296 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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