Terrakea quadrata Briggs 1998 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Full reference: D. J. C. Briggs. 1998. Permian Productidina and Strophalosiidina from the Sydney-Bowen Basin and New England Orogen: systematics and biostratigraphic significance. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 19:1-258

Belongs to Terrakea according to D. J. C. Briggs 1998

Sister taxa: Terrakea arctica, Terrakea arguta, Terrakea borealis, Terrakea brachythaera, Terrakea dickinsi, Terrakea echinata, Terrakea elongata, Terrakea etheridgei, Terrakea exmoorensis, Terrakea grandis, Terrakea hemisphaeroidalis, Terrakea japonica, Terrakea korkodonensis, Terrakea minima, Terrakea nabekoshiyamensis, Terrakea nalivkini, Terrakea pollex, Terrakea rylstonensis, Terrakea vernacula, Terrakea yanagidai, Saetosina multispinosa

Type specimen: AM F96272, a shell (External mold of dorsal surface of conjoined shell). Its type locality is UQ L3102, East of Eidsvold-Banana Road, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal sandstone in the Flat Top Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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