Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Lepismatinidae
Alternative combination: Spiriferina mansfieldi
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1927. Descriptions of new species of Carboniferous and Triassic fossils (from southeastern Idaho). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 152:411-446
Belongs to Lepismatina according to Z. Q. Chen et al. 2005
See also Girty 1927 and Newell and Kummel 1942
Sister taxa: Lepismatina arctica, Lepismatina hsui, Lepismatina inusitata, Lepismatina lenaensis, Lepismatina lilangensis, Lepismatina qilianensis, Lepismatina rara, Lepismatina shalshalensis, Lepismatina sinucosta, Costispiriferina manca, Costispiriferina terekhovi, Costispiriferina viligensis, Costispiriferina asiatica, Costispiriferina pittensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 7879 green, which is in a Smithian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (4: Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Wyoming)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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