Strophomenata - Productida - Rugosochonetidae
Full reference: G. A. Afanasjeva and J. Tazawa. 2007. A new large chonetid (Brachiopoda) from the Middle Permian of the southern Kitakami Mountains, northeast Japan. Paleontological Journal 41:424-428
Belongs to Kitakamichonetes according to J. I. Tazawa 2008
See also Afanasjeva and Tazawa 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 5381/1, a valve (Ventral valve). Its type locality is KF88, Shigejisawa Valley, Kamiyasse Area, which is in a Wordian coastal sandstone/limestone in the Kamiyasse Formation of Japan.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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