†Yukonospirifer Shi and Waterhouse 1996 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
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
Parent taxon: Pterospiriferinae according to A. Williams et al. 2007
See also Shi and Waterhouse 1996
Sister taxa: Alispirifer, Haplospirifer, Johncarteria, Pteroplecta, Pterospirifer, Spiriferinaella, Xizispirifer
Subtaxa: Yukonospirifer yukonensis
Type: Yukonospirifer yukonensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (2: Yukon collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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