Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
Alternative combinations: Punctospirifer ornata, Spiriferina (Mansuyella) ornata, Spiriferina ornata
Synonym: Spiriferina insculpta Stuckenberg 1898
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1883. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 2. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(4):391-546
Belongs to Callispirina according to P. Zong et al. 2024
See also Diener 1915, Kalashnikov 1998, Lee and Gu 1980, Mansuy 1913, Reed 1944, Shen et al. 2016, Tschernyschew 1902, Waagen 1883 and Yanagida and Hirata 1969
Sister taxa: Callispirina austrina, Callispirina frontisquamosa, Callispirina manangensis, Callispirina multipunctata, Callispirina rotunda, Callispirina rotundella, Callispirina transversa, Spiriferina (Mansuyella) holzapfeli
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (6 collections), India (1), Japan (1), Laos (1), Pakistan (45), the Russian Federation (4), Vietnam (1)
• Carboniferous of China (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
Total: 61 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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