Megousia aagardi Toula 1875 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Alternative combinations: Anidanthus aagardi, Linoproductus aagardi, Marginifera aagardi, Productus (Linoproductus) aagardi, Productus aagardi

Full reference: F. Toula. 1875. Permo-Carbon-Fossilien von der Westküste von Spitzbergen. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 1875:225-264

Belongs to Megousia according to N.V. Kalashnikov 1993

See also Bogoslovskaya et al. 1982, Buddington and Chapin 1929, Kashirtsev 1959, Lee and Gu 1980, Pavlova et al. 1991, Reed 1944, Toula 1875 and Tschernyschew 1902

Sister taxa: Megousia alata, Megousia auriculata, Megousia crenulata, Megousia definita, Megousia flexuosa, Megousia girtyi, Megousia kolymaensis, Megousia kulikii, Megousia mucronata, Megousia nakamurai, Megousia papilio, Megousia pobedensis, Megousia sinuata, Megousia solita, Megousia umbonata, Megousia waageniana, Megousia yakutica

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (2 collections), Mongolia (6), Pakistan (6), the Russian Federation (6), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (12: Alaska)

• Carboniferous of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence

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