Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
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 Fletcherithyris according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987
See also Waterhouse 1982
Sister taxa: Fletcherithyris antesulcata, Fletcherithyris biundata, Fletcherithyris braxtonensis, Fletcherithyris canni, Fletcherithyris farleyensis, Fletcherithyris hardmani, Fletcherithyris illawarrensis, Fletcherithyris parkesi, Fletcherithyris reidi, Fletcherithyris scotti, Fletcherina zealandica
Type specimen: NZGS BR 884, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is GS6071, Letham Burn (D44/f9622), which is in a Capitanian marine horizon in the Mangarewa Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (2 collections), New Zealand (8)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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