†Notostrophia zealandicus Waterhouse 1982 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1982. New Zealand Permian brachiopod systematics, zonation, and paleoecology. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 48:7-158
Belongs to Notostrophia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1982
Sister taxa: Notostrophia alta, Notostrophia bifurcata, Notostrophia homeri
Type specimen: NZGS BR 8, a valve (Dorsal valve, external mold). Its type locality is GS5885, Wairaki Gorge (D44/f9604), which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at GS5885, Wairaki Gorge (D44/f9604)
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