Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Alternative combination: Terrakea multispinosa
Full reference: J. F. Dear. 1971. Strophomenoid brachiopods from the higher Permian faunas of the Back Creek Group in the Bowen Basin. Geological Survey of Queensland Publication 347:1-22
Belongs to Saetosina according to J. B. Waterhouse and G. R. Shi 2010
See also Briggs 1998, Parfrey 1988, Waterhouse 1978 and Waterhouse 1986
Sister taxa: Terrakea arctica, Terrakea arguta, Terrakea borealis, Terrakea brachythaera, Terrakea dickinsi, Terrakea echinata, Terrakea elongata, Terrakea etheridgei, Terrakea exmoorensis, Terrakea grandis, Terrakea hemisphaeroidalis, Terrakea japonica, Terrakea korkodonensis, Terrakea minima, Terrakea nabekoshiyamensis, Terrakea nalivkini, Terrakea pollex, Terrakea quadrata, Terrakea rylstonensis, Terrakea vernacula, Terrakea yanagidai
Type specimen: GSQ F11889. Its type locality is GSQ D13, Quarry on Theodore-Banana Road, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal sandstone in the Flat Top Formation of Australia.
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (64 collections)
Total: 64 collections each including a single occurrence
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