Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Alternative combination: Aulosteges septentrionalis
Full reference: R. Etheridge Jr. 1907. Official contributions to the palaeontology of South Australia, No. 17 - Permo-Carboniferous fossils of Cape Ford, Anson Bay, and Cape Dombey, Hyland Bay. South Australian Parliamentary Paper 55(Suppl):5-6
Belongs to Megasteges according to N. W. Archbold et al. 1996
See also Archbold 1986 and Etheridge 1907
Sister taxa: Megasteges geniculatus, Megasteges nepalensis, Megasteges randsi
Type specimen: SM P2135, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Cape Dombey, Port Keats Area, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Upper Marine Beds Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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