†Maorielasma imperatum Waterhouse 1964 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gillediidae
Synonym: Maorielasma globosum Campbell 1965
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1964. Permian brachiopods of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Palaeontological Bulletin 35:1-212
Belongs to Maorielasma according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987
See also Campbell 1965, Waterhouse 1964 and Waterhouse 1982
Sister taxa: Maorielasma callosum, Maorielasma campbelli, Maorielasma inflata
Type specimens:
- Maorielasma imperatum: NZGS BR 896. Its type locality is GS6071, Letham Burn (D44/f9622), which is in a Capitanian marine horizon in the Mangarewa Formation of New Zealand.
- Maorielasma globosum: GSQ F2253. Its type locality is Consuelo Creek, Serocold Anticline, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Peawaddy Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (14 collections), New Zealand (4)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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