Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Full reference: N. W. Archbold and G. A. Thomas. 1993. Imperiospira, a new Western Australian Permian Spiriferidae (Brachiopoda). Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 15:313-328
Parent taxon: Neospiriferinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Waterhouse 2004
Sister taxa: Betaneospirifer, Blasispirifer, Cartorhium, Costatispirifer, Crassispirifer, Cratispirifer, Fasciculatia, Fusispirifer, Fusispiriferinae, Gibbospirifer, Gypospirifer, Kaninospirifer, Kaninospiriferinae, Lepidospirifer, Lutuginia, Maxwellispirifer, Neospirifer, Occidalia, Pondospirifer, Saltospirifer, Septospirifer, Simplicisulcus, Spiriferalaria, Tibetospirifer
Subtaxa: Imperiospira bambadhurensis Imperiospira campbelli Imperiospira dickinsi Imperiospira franzjosefi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (18 collections), India (2), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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