Hoskingia latouchei Diener 1903 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Beecheriidae

Alternative combination: Dielasma latouchei

Full reference: C. Diener. 1903. Permian fossils of the Central Himalayas. Palaeontologia Indica, Series 15 1(5):1-204

Belongs to Hoskingia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1966

See also Diener 1903, Diener 1915 and Yang et al. 1990

Sister taxa: Hoskingia dieneri, Hoskingia grandis, Hoskingia hochstetteri, Hoskingia kennediensis, Hoskingia nobilis, Hoskingia prolonga, Hoskingia qomolangmaensis, Hoskingia skwarkoi, Hoskingia trigonopsis, Hoskingia wandageensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lissar valley, two miles south of Dharma No. XI, which is in a Lopingian marine shale in the Productus Shales Formation of India.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (2 collections), India (5)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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