Betaneospirifer ambiensis Waagen 1883 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Alternative combinations: Neospirifer ambiensis, Spirifer ambiensis

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1883. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 2. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(4):391-546

Belongs to Betaneospirifer according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004

See also Lee and Gu 1980, Waagen 1883 and Waterhouse 1978

Sister taxa: Betaneospirifer marcoui, Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis, Betaneospirifer neomarcoui, Betaneospirifer ravaniformis, Betaneospirifer shii

Type specimen: GSI 3524. Its type locality is Amb, very highest beds of Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Changhsingian coastal sandstone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (4 collections), India (2), Nepal (14), Pakistan (7)

Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence

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