Reticulariina fruticosa Chronic 1949 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae

Full reference: B.J. Chronic. 1949. Invertebrate paleontology (excepting fuslinids and corals). Upper Paleozoic of Peru 46-173

Belongs to Reticulariina according to J. Chronic 1953

See also Chronic 1949

Sister taxa: Reticulariina atava, Reticulariina bufala, Reticulariina cerina, Reticulariina constricta, Reticulariina craticula, Reticulariina dieneri, Reticulariina echinata, Reticulariina girtyi, Reticulariina hueconiana, Reticulariina impressa, Reticulariina laxa, Reticulariina montana, Reticulariina netchaewi, Reticulariina newelli, Reticulariina phoxa, Reticulariina powwowensis, Reticulariina pristina, Reticulariina pusilla, Reticulariina roscida, Reticulariina senticosa, Reticulariina sonorensis, Reticulariina spinosa, Reticulariina strigosa, Reticulariina subulata, Reticulariina tetrica, Reticulariina venustula, Reticulariina welleri, Spiriferina (Reticulariina) transindica

Type specimen: AMNH 26964/1:2, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is AMNH298, Bed 44, Pasaje-Picchu Section 8, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian marine limestone in Peru.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at AMNH298, Bed 44, Pasaje-Picchu Section 8

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