Acosarina janiceps Waagen 1884 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae

Alternative combination: Orthis janiceps

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1884. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 3. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(4):547-610

Belongs to Acosarina according to L. Lee and F. Gu 1980

See also Waagen 1884

Sister taxa: Acosarina antesulcata, Acosarina baylorensis, Acosarina circular, Acosarina dorashamensis, Acosarina dunbari, Acosarina fecunda, Acosarina grandis, Acosarina incisiva, Acosarina juresanensis, Acosarina mesoplatys, Acosarina minuta, Acosarina monocosta, Acosarina peculiaris, Acosarina rectimarginata, Acosarina regularis, Acosarina tumita

Type specimen: Its type locality is East of Katwahi, middle compact Middle Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (1 collection), Pakistan (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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