Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Full reference: N. W. Archbold and G. A. Thomas. 1987. Fusispirifer (Spiriferidae, Brachiopoda) from the Permian of Australia and Afghanistan. Alcheringa 11:175-203
Belongs to Fusispirifer according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004
See also Archbold and Thomas 1987
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 nitiensis, Fusispirifer quinnaniensis, Fusispirifer semiplicata, Fusispirifer subovalis, Spirifera avicula, Transversaria pauciplicus
Type specimen: CPC 24484, a shell (Conjoined shell). Its type locality is BMR ML58, Minilya River, which is in a Kungurian marine siliciclastic in the Wandagee Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (9 collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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