Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Alternative combinations: Alternifenestella (Cervella) cervoidea, Cervella cervoidea
Full reference: B.J. Chronic. 1949. Invertebrate paleontology (excepting fuslinids and corals). Upper Paleozoic of Peru
Belongs to Alternifenestella according to S. Sakagami 2004
See also Chronic 1949, Chronic 1953 and Sakagami 1995
Sister taxa: Spinofenestella absoluta, Spinofenestella antiensis, Spinofenestella aspratilis, Spinofenestella basleoensis, Spinofenestella geinitzi, Spinofenestella lata, Spinofenestella magna, Spinofenestella microfenestrata, Spinofenestella minuta, Spinofenestella popovi, Spinofenestella solida, Spinofenestella speciosa, Spinofenestella spinulosa, Spinofenestella subquadratopora, Spinofenestella surda, Spinofenestella tschernovi, Alternifenestella greenharbourensis, Alternifenestella spinifera, Alternifenestella sayensis, Alternifenestella ampla, Alternifenestella nalivkini, Alternifenestella sublonga, Alternifenestella horologia, Alternifenestella minuscula, Alternifenestella minor, Alternifenestella indubia, Alternifenestella tuberculifera, Alternifenestella invisitata, Alternifenestella picchuensis, Alternifenestella tenuiseptata, Alternifenestella rarispinata, Alternifenestella spitzbergensis, Alternifenestella major, Alternifenestella esaulovae, Alternifenestella bifida, Alternifenestella megacapillaris, Alternifenestella (Cervella), Alternifenestella crassiseptata, Alternifenestella tribifurcata, Alternifenestella pajerensis, Alternifenestella argumentosa, Alternifenestella cyclotriangulata, Alternifenestella absoluta, Alternifenestella kungurensis, Alternifenestella vagrantia
Type specimen: AMNH 26975/2:1. Its type locality is AMNH298, Bed 54, Pasaje-Picchu Section 8, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian marine limestone in Peru.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Bolivia (2 collections), Peru (6)
• Carboniferous of Peru (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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