Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Martiniidae
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 Spinomartinia according to J. B. Waterhouse and A. R. Mutch 1978
See also Waterhouse 1968
Sister taxa: Spinomartinia prolifica, Spinomartinia queenslandica
Type specimen: OU 2413, a valve (Ventral valve internal mold). Its type locality is GS1456, Steel's House Quarry, Clinton (G45/f9498), which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the "Puruhauan" Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of New Zealand (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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