Protoanidanthus gosforthensis 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 Protoanidanthus according to D. J. C. Briggs 1998

Sister taxa: Protoanidanthus compactus, Protoanidanthus enaagardi, Protoanidanthus pokolbinensis, Protoanidanthus umbonatus

Type specimen: UQ F75347, a shell (Conjoined shell). Its type locality is UQ L5106, Lochinvar, which is in a Sakmarian marine limestone in the Lochinvar Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UQ L5106, Lochinvar

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