Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Nikiforovellidae
Alternative combination: Dyscritella explicata
Full reference: R. V. Gorjunova. 1970. Novye rannepermskie mshanki yugo-vostochnogo Pamira i Darvaza. Novye Vidy Paleozoyskikh Mshanok i Korallov 60-68
Belongs to Nikiforovella according to F. S. Xia 1986
See also Gorjunova 1970, Gorjunova 1975 and Liu 1980
Sister taxa: Nikiforovella gracilis, Nikiforovella inseperata, Nikiforovella nana, Nikiforovella novella, Nikiforovella xainzaensis
Type specimen: PIN 2351/254. Its type locality is Watershed 1 km northwest of Karabeles Pass, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Bazardarin Formation of Tajikistan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (2 collections), Tajikistan (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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