Attenuatella altilis Waterhouse 1968 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1968. The classification and description of Permian Spiriferida (Brachiopoda) from New Zealand. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 129(1-3):1-94

Belongs to Attenuatella according to J. B. Waterhouse 1968

Sister taxa: Attenuatella attenuata, Attenuatella bandoi, Attenuatella bisulcata, Attenuatella incurvata, Attenuatella mengi, Attenuatella mepailensis, Attenuatella multispinosa, Attenuatella omolonensis, Attenuatella paraincurvata, Attenuatella piyasini, Attenuatella stringocephaloides, Attenuatella taimyrica, Attenuatella texana, Attenuatella xiujumqinqiensis

Type specimen: NZGS BR 1295, a shell (Articulated internal mold). Its type locality is GS9391, Rock Hut Road, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of New Zealand (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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