Liosotella compacta Shi and Waterhouse 1996 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae

Full reference: G. R. Shi and J.B. Waterhouse. 1996. Lower Permian brachiopods and molluscs from the upper Jungle Creek Formation, northern Yukon Territory, Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 424:1-241

Belongs to Liosotella according to G. R. Shi and J.B. Waterhouse 1996

Sister taxa: Liosotella angustata, Liosotella cooperi, Liosotella costata, Liosotella decimana, Liosotella grandicosta, Liosotella heilongjiangensis, Liosotella hemispherica, Liosotella irregularis, Liosotella magnirugosa, Liosotella miaolingensis, Liosotella minuscula, Liosotella mongugaensis, Liosotella opima, Liosotella parva, Liosotella popei, Liosotella proboscidea, Liosotella rotunda, Liosotella rugosa, Liosotella spinumbona, Liosotella subcylindrica, Liosotella subquadrata, Liosotella subrugosa, Liosotella tetragonalis, Liosotella texana, Liosotella wordensis

Type specimen: GSC 96944. Its type locality is JBW2, Ettrain Creek, which is in an Artinskian marine sandstone in the Jungle Creek Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Canada (4: Yukon collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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