Protoanidanthus compactus Waterhouse 1986 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Alternative combination: Anidanthus compactus

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1986. Taxonomic names, in Late Palaeozoic Scyphozoa and Brachiopoda (Inarticulata, Strophomenida, Productida and Rhynchonellida) from the southeast Bowen Basin, Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 193(1-4):1-76

Belongs to Protoanidanthus according to D. J. C. Briggs 1998

See also Clapham 2015 and Waterhouse 1986

Sister taxa: Protoanidanthus enaagardi, Protoanidanthus gosforthensis, Protoanidanthus pokolbinensis, Protoanidanthus umbonatus

Type specimen: UQ F74080, a valve (Dorsal valve, external mold). Its type locality is UQ L4820, Buffel Hill, Cracow Station, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Buffel Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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