Richthofenia lawrenciana de Koninck 1863 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Richthofeniidae

Alternative combination: Anomia lawrenciana

Full reference: L. G. de Koninck. 1863. Descriptions of some fossils from India, discovered by Dr. A. Fleming of Edinburgh. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 19:1-19

Belongs to Richthofenia according to G. V. Kotlyar 1989

See also de Koninck 1863, Grabau 1931, Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960, Reed 1944, Termier and Termier 1970 and Waagen 1885

Sister taxa: Richthofenia anshunensis, Richthofenia caucasica, Richthofenia elegans, Richthofenia guangdeensis, Richthofenia orientalis, Richthofenia sinensis, Richthofenia tilita, Richthofenia ussurica

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Armenia (6 collections), Cambodia (2), China (4), Iran (2), Pakistan (80), Slovenia (1), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 96 collections each including a single occurrence

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