Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1986. Taxonomic names, in Late Palaeozoic Scyphozoa and Brachiopoda (Inarticulata, Strophomenida, Productida and Rhynchonellida) from the southeast Bowen Basin, Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 193(1-4):1-76
Belongs to Magniplicatina according to D. J. C. Briggs 1998
See also Waterhouse 1986
Sister taxa: Magniplicatina gigantea, Magniplicatina inassueta, Magniplicatina johannis, Magniplicatina khubsugulensis, Magniplicatina magniplica, Magniplicatina perflecta, Magniplicatina superba, Magniplicatina transversa, Magniplicatina vindicata
Type specimen: UQF 74019, a valve (Ventral valve internal mould). Its type locality is UQ L4549, Buffel Hill, Cracow Homestead, which is in an Artinskian coastal siltstone in the Buffel Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (28 collections)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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