Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Alternative combinations: Dielasma (Heterelasma) problematicum, Dielasma problematicum, Pakistania problematica, Terebratula problematica
Full reference: T. Davidson. 1862. On some Carboniferous Brachiopoda collected in India by A. Fleming, MD, and W. Purdon, Esq, FGS. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 18:25-35
Belongs to Whitspakia according to F.G. Stehli 1964
See also Davidson 1862, Reed 1944, Stehli 1961 and Waagen 1882
Sister taxa: Whitspakia biplex, Whitspakia breviplicatum, Whitspakia schucherti
Type specimen: Its type locality is Moosakhail (Fleming coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Pakistan (29 collections)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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