Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Full reference: J. Tazawa. 1975. Uppermost Permian fossils from the southern Kitakami Mountains, northeast Japan. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 81:629-640
Belongs to Megousia according to J. I. Tazawa 2012
See also Tazawa 1975
Sister taxa: Megousia aagardi, Megousia alata, Megousia auriculata, Megousia crenulata, Megousia definita, Megousia flexuosa, Megousia girtyi, Megousia kolymaensis, Megousia kulikii, Megousia mucronata, Megousia papilio, Megousia pobedensis, Megousia sinuata, Megousia solita, Megousia umbonata, Megousia waageniana, Megousia yakutica
Type specimen: UHR19673, a valve (dorsal valve external mold). Its type locality is Komagone-Sawa River, Locality 4, Nabekoshi Mountain, Kesennuma City, which is in a Changhsingian marine sandstone in the Toyoma Formation of Japan.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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