Quadrospira postplicatus Archbold and Thomas 1986 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Alternative combinations: Neospirifer (Quadrospira) postplicatus, Neospirifer postplicatus

Full reference: N. W. Archbold and G. A. Thomas. 1986. Neospirifer and Trigonotreta (Spiriferida, Brachiopoda) from the Permian of Western Australia. Alcheringa 10:125-161

Belongs to Quadrospira according to A. Williams et al. 2007

See also Archbold 1997 and Archbold and Thomas 1986

Sister taxa: Neospirifer (Quadrospira) tibetensis, Quadrospira crassicostatus, Quadrospira hardmani, Quadrospira plicatus, Quadrospira preplicatus, Quadrospira woolagensis

Type specimen: CPC24351, a shell (Articulated specimen). Its type locality is BMR KNF73, Bruten's Old Yard, Cherrabun Station, which is in an Artinskian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Noonkanbah Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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