Megasteges nepalensis Waterhouse 1975 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1975. New Permian and Triassic brachiopod taxa. Papers - Department of Geology, University of Queensland 7(1):1-23

Belongs to Megasteges according to S.-Z. Shen et al. 2003

See also Waterhouse 1975, Waterhouse 1978 and Yang et al. 1990

Sister taxa: Megasteges geniculatus, Megasteges randsi, Megasteges septentrionalis

Type specimen: Specimen 314. Its type locality is W1275, Section 13, Popagaon, Karnali, which is in a Changhsingian marine siliciclastic in the Senja Formation of Nepal.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (4 collections), Nepal (31)

Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence

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