Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Alternative combinations: Spiriferellina fastigata, Spiriferina cristata fastigata, Spiriferina fastigata, Spiriferina octoplicata fastigata
Full reference: E. Schellwien. 1900. Die Fauna der Trogkofelschichten in den Karnischen Alpen und den Karawanken I. Theil: die Brachiopoden. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 16:1-122
Belongs to Punctospirifer according to S. Z. Shen et al. 2001
See also Diener 1903, Diener 1915, Liao 1980 and Schellwien 1900
Sister taxa: Punctospirifer adstrictus, Punctospirifer afghanus, Punctospirifer ambiguus, Punctospirifer coronae, Punctospirifer gigas, Punctospirifer globosa, Punctospirifer guangyuanensis, Punctospirifer inflatus, Punctospirifer kentuckensis, Punctospirifer patulus, Punctospirifer pseudocristatus, Punctospirifer solidirostris, Punctospirifer sulcifer, Punctospirifer transversus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Teufelsschlucht bei Neumarktl, which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in the Dolzanova Soteska Formation of Slovenia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), India (1), Slovenia (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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