Fusispirifer marcouiformis Jin 1976 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Alternative combination: Transversaria marcouiformis

Full reference: Y. G. Jin. 1976. Taxonomic names, in Late Paleozoic brachiopods from the Mount Jolmo Lungma region. A Report of the Scientific Expedition in the Mount Jolmo Lungma Region (1966-1968) 2:159-271

Belongs to Fusispirifer according to H. P. Xu et al. 2018

See also Jin 1976, Shen et al. 2003, Waterhouse 2004 and Waterhouse and Chen 2007

Sister taxa: Fusispirifer avicula, Fusispirifer byroensis, Fusispirifer carnarvonensis, Fusispirifer coolkilyaensis, Fusispirifer cundlegoensis, Fusispirifer gegyaiensis, Fusispirifer jini, Fusispirifer kedonensis, Fusispirifer kennediensis, Fusispirifer legrandblainae, Fusispirifer nitiensis, Fusispirifer quinnaniensis, Fusispirifer semiplicata, Fusispirifer subovalis, Fusispirifer wandageensis, Spirifera avicula, Transversaria pauciplicus

Type specimen: IGAS 00925

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (8 collections), Nepal (10)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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