Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Alternative combinations: Punctospirifer sonorensis, Spiriferellina sonorensis
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1953. Sponges, Brachiopoda, Pelecypoda, and Scaphopoda. Permian fauna at El Antimonio, western Sonora, Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 119(2):21-80
Belongs to Reticulariina according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
See also Cooper 1953 and Lee and Gu 1980
Sister taxa: Reticulariina atava, Reticulariina bufala, Reticulariina cerina, Reticulariina constricta, Reticulariina craticula, Reticulariina dieneri, Reticulariina echinata, Reticulariina fruticosa, Reticulariina girtyi, Reticulariina hueconiana, Reticulariina impressa, Reticulariina laxa, Reticulariina montana, Reticulariina netchaewi, Reticulariina newelli, Reticulariina phoxa, Reticulariina powwowensis, Reticulariina pristina, Reticulariina pusilla, Reticulariina roscida, Reticulariina senticosa, Reticulariina spinosa, Reticulariina strigosa, Reticulariina subulata, Reticulariina tetrica, Reticulariina venustula, Reticulariina welleri, Spiriferina (Reticulariina) transindica
Type specimen: USNM 115485
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Mexico (12)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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