Permorthotetes teicherti Thomas 1958 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetidae

Full reference: G. A. Thomas. 1958. The Permian Orthotetacea of Western Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 39:1-158

Belongs to Permorthotetes according to G. A. Thomas 1958

Sister taxa: Werriea australis, Permorthotetes crespinae, Permorthotetes camerata, Permorthotetes lindneri, Permorthotetes callytharrensis

Type specimen: UWA 28045a, a valve (Ventral valve). Its type locality is UWA WF9.6, Shed Paddock, Wandagee Station, which is in a Kungurian coastal siliciclastic in the Baker Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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