Pugnoides tardivenus Waterhouse 1982 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae

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 Pugnoides according to J. B. Waterhouse 1982

Sister taxa: Pugnax (Pugnoides) tantillus, Pugnoides mazhalaensis, Pugnoides osagensis, Pugnoides quinqueplecis

Type specimen: NZGS BR 1455, a shell (Articulated internal mold). Its type locality is GS5885, Wairaki Gorge (D44/f9604), which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at GS5885, Wairaki Gorge (D44/f9604)

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