Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Sinucostidae
Alternative combination: Guseriplia bittneri
Full reference: A. S. Dagys. 1963. Upper Triassic brachiopods of the southern USSR 1-238
Belongs to Sinucosta according to M. Siblik and G. Bryda 2005
See also Dagys 1974, Jin et al. 1976, Jin et al. 1979 and Pearson 1977
Sister taxa: Sinucosta acerrima, Sinucosta bifucata, Sinucosta emmrichi, Sinucosta evanescens, Sinucosta granulata, Sinucosta gregaria, Sinucosta impressula, Sinucosta longa, Sinucosta oligoptycha, Sinucosta pectinata, Sinucosta pontica, Sinucosta praecursor, Sinucosta songdae, Guseriplia lanpingensis, Guseriplia tulungensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Achesbok Mt., NW Caucasus, which is in a Norian/Rhaetian marine limestone in the Russian Federation
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), China (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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