Aulosteges wangenheimi de Verneuil 1845 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Alternative combinations: Orthis wangenheimi, Strophalosia wangenheimi

Synonym: Aulosteges variabilis von Helmersen 1847

Full reference: E. de Verneuil. 1845. Paléontologie. Géologie de la Russie d'Europe et des Montagne de l'Oural, Paléontologie 2(3):1-512

Belongs to Aulosteges according to H. Muir-Wood and G. A. Cooper 1960

See also de Verneuil 1845, Geinitz 1861, Reed 1944, von Helmersen 1847 and von Helmersen 1847

Sister taxa: Aulosteges baracoodensis, Aulosteges dalhousi, Aulosteges fragilis, Aulosteges horrescens, Aulosteges ingens, Aulosteges lineata, Aulosteges lyndonensis, Aulosteges percostatus, Aulosteges transversa, Aulosteges trimuensis, Aulosteges virilis, Aulosteges wynnei

Type specimens:

  • Aulosteges wangenheimi: Its type locality is Grebeni, Orenburg, which is in a Roadian shallow subtidal limestone in the Russian Federation
  • Aulosteges variabilis: Its type locality is Grebeni Mountain, Orenburg, which is in a Roadian shallow subtidal limestone in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (1 collection), Pakistan (2), the Russian Federation (6)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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