Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1987. Late Palaeozoic Brachiopoda (Athyrida, Spiriferida and Terebratulida) from the southeast Bowen Basin, east Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 196(1-3):1-56
Belongs to Cyrtella according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987
Sister taxa: Cyrtella allandalensis, Cyrtella berriedalensis, Cyrtella campbelli, Cyrtella erecta, Cyrtella granulata, Cyrtella koopi, Cyrtella kulikiana, Cyrtella nagmargensis, Cyrtella nobilis, Cyrtella rhombica, Cyrtella subparallela, Cyrtella ulladullensis, Punctocyrtella gigantea, Punctocyrtella yunnanensis, Punctocyrtella spinosa, Punctocyrtella australis
Type specimen: UQ F13932. Its type locality is UQ L997, Cattle Creek, upstream from Consuelo Creek, which is in an Artinskian marine shale in the Sirius Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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