Martiniopsis adminiculata Waterhouse 1982 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

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 Martiniopsis according to J. B. Waterhouse 1982

Sister taxa: Martiniopsis cathaysiensis, Martiniopsis convexa, Martiniopsis elegans, Martiniopsis grandiformis, Martiniopsis inflata, Martiniopsis latouchei, Martiniopsis lutugini, Martiniopsis orientalis, Martiniopsis patella, Martiniopsis punjabica, Martiniopsis salaria, Martiniopsis shandaohuensis, Martiniopsis subpentagonalis, Martiniopsis sulcatus, Martiniopsis trimmata, Martiniopsis uralica, Martiniopsis woodi, Martiniopsis xizangensis

Type specimen: NZGS BR 603. 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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