Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Alternative combination: Paramarginifera japonica
Full reference: J. Tazawa. 1975. Uppermost Permian fossils from the southern Kitakami Mountains, northeast Japan. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 81:629-640
Belongs to Lamnimargus according to J. I. Tazawa 2012
See also Tazawa 1975, Tazawa 2006 and Tazawa 2009
Sister taxa: Lamnimargus caucasicus, Lamnimargus himalayensis, Lamnimargus peregrinus
Type specimen: UHR19875, a valve (dorsal valve external mold). Its type locality is Kitsunezaki-sawa River, Locality 2, Nabekoshi Mountain, Kesennuma City, which is in a Changhsingian marine sandstone in the Toyoma Formation of Japan.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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