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 ampla, Alternifenestella sublonga, Alternifenestella bifida, Alternifenestella kungurensis, Alternifenestella cyclotriangulata, Alternifenestella spinifera, Alternifenestella minor, Alternifenestella tenuiseptata, Alternifenestella sayensis, Alternifenestella (Cervella), Alternifenestella esaulovae, Alternifenestella crassiseptata, Alternifenestella absoluta, Alternifenestella tuberculifera, Alternifenestella indubia, Alternifenestella argumentosa, Alternifenestella megacapillaris, Alternifenestella invisitata, Alternifenestella rarispinata, Alternifenestella vagrantia, Alternifenestella horologia, Alternifenestella pajerensis, Alternifenestella picchuensis, Alternifenestella tribifurcata, Alternifenestella minuscula, Alternifenestella nalivkini, Alternifenestella spitzbergensis, Alternifenestella greenharbourensis, Alternifenestella major
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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