Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Alternative combinations: Neospirifer nitiensis, Spirifer (Neospirifer) fasciger nitiensis, Spirifer nitiensis
Full reference: C. Diener. 1897. The Permian fossils of the Productus Shales of Kumaon and Gurhwal. Palaeontologia Indica, Series 15 1(3):1-54
Belongs to Fusispirifer according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004
See also Diener 1897, Diener 1903, Diener 1915, Fantini Sestini 1965, Reed 1931, Waterhouse 1966 and Waterhouse 1978
Sister taxa: Fusispirifer avicula, Fusispirifer byroensis, Fusispirifer carnarvonensis, Fusispirifer coolkilyaensis, Fusispirifer cundlegoensis, Fusispirifer gegyaiensis, Fusispirifer jini, Fusispirifer kedonensis, Fusispirifer kennediensis, Fusispirifer legrandblainae, Fusispirifer marcouiformis, Fusispirifer quinnaniensis, Fusispirifer semiplicata, Fusispirifer subovalis, Fusispirifer wandageensis, Spirifera avicula, Transversaria pauciplicus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kiunglung Camp, SW of Niti Pass, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine shale in the Productus Shale Formation of India
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of India (9 collections), Nepal (2), Pakistan (3), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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