Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spondylospiridae
Full reference: J. D. Campbell. 1991. A Late Triassic spiriferinacean brachiopod (family Laballidae) from the Taringatura Hills, Southland, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 34:359-363
Belongs to Zugmayerella according to J. D. Campbell 1991
Sister taxa: Zugmayerella americana, Zugmayerella eurea, Zugmayerella hemipyramida, Zugmayerella inaequiplicata, Zugmayerella koerneri, Zugmayerella koessenensis, Zugmayerella uncinata, Zugmayerella yueliangpingica
Type specimen: OU C1616, a shell. Its type locality is Dipton Stream (E44/f8637), Taringatura Hills, which is in a Warepan coastal sandstone in New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of New Caledonia (5 collections), New Zealand (15)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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