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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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