Platycancrinella grandauris Waterhouse 1983 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Alternative combination: Cancrinella grandauris

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1983. Permian brachiopods from Pija Member, Senja Formation in Manang District of Nepal, with new brachiopod genera and species from other region. Bulletin of the Indian Geologists' Association 16(2):111-151

Belongs to Platycancrinella according to B. Waterhouse and Z. Q. Chen 2007

See also Waterhouse 1983 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Cancrinella alazeica, Cancrinella binata, Cancrinella boonensis, Cancrinella cancrini, Cancrinella cancriniformis, Cancrinella grandis, Cancrinella janischewskiana, Cancrinella koninckiana, Cancrinella missunae, Cancrinella nunduva, Cancrinella omolonensis, Cancrinella parva, Cancrinella penzhinaensis, Cancrinella phosphatica, Cancrinella planumbona, Cancrinella platiumbonata, Cancrinella pseudodjulfaensis, Cancrinella quadrata, Cancrinella rouxi, Cancrinella rugatostriata, Cancrinella rugosa, Cancrinella sparsispinosa, Cancrinella subquadrata, Cancrinella subtilis, Cancrinella tenuissima, Cancrinella truncata, Cancrinella venevi

Type specimen: UQF 73620, a valve (Ventral valve). Its type locality is UQ L4794, Manang District, which is in a Changhsingian marine siliciclastic in the Senja Formation of Nepal.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Nepal (12 collections)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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