Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Full reference: D. J. C. Briggs. 1986. Family Aulostegidae, in Late Palaeozoic Scyphozoa and Brachiopoda (Inarticulata, Strophomenida, Productida and Rhynchonellida) from the southeast Bowen Basin, Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 193(1-4):1-76
Belongs to Taeniothaerus according to D. J. C. Briggs 1986
Sister taxa: Taeniothaerus cotteri, Taeniothaerus densipustulatus, Taeniothaerus farleyensis, Taeniothaerus homevalensis, Taeniothaerus iranicus, Taeniothaerus notabilis, Taeniothaerus quadratiformis, Taeniothaerus qubuensis, Taeniothaerus subquadratus, Taeniothaerus zhongbaensis
Type specimen: UQF 40455. Its type locality is UQ L490, Fossil Ridge, Cracow Station, which is in an Artinskian coastal siliciclastic in the Buffel Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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