Tiramnia greenlandica Dunbar 1955 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Martiniidae

Alternative combination: Martinia greenlandica

Full reference: C. O. Dunbar. 1955. Permian brachiopod faunas of central east Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 110(3):1-169

Belongs to Tiramnia according to E. E. Pavlova et al. 1991

See also Dunbar 1955 and Grunt 1977

Sister taxa: Tiramnia canadica, Tiramnia semiglobosa, Tiramnia tschaikensis, Tiramnia tschakobaica, Tiramnia tschernyschewi, Tiramnia tschusovensis, Tiramnia uralica

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Greenland (8 collections), Mongolia (2), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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