Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
Alternative combination: Notospirifer macropustulosus
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1968. The classification and description of Permian Spiriferida (Brachiopoda) from New Zealand. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 129(1-3):1-94
Belongs to Mesopunctia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1998
See also Waterhouse 1968, Waterhouse 1983 and Waterhouse 1987
Sister taxa: Mesopunctia extensa, Mesopunctia microspinosa, Mesopunctia minuta, Mesopunctia spinosa
Type specimen: NZGS BR 708, a valve (Ventral valve internal mold). Its type locality is GS6071, Letham Burn (D44/f9622), which is in a Capitanian marine horizon in the Mangarewa Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (21 collections), New Zealand (7)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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