Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Synonym: Azygidium
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1969. New Permian brachiopods from west Texas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 1:1-20
Parent taxon: Paucispiniferini according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Briggs 1998 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Caricula, Caucasoproductus, Elliottella, Hexiproductus, Hystriculina, Jiguliconcha, Jinomarginifera, Lamnimargus, Lampangella, Liosotella, Oncosarina, Paucispinifera, Retimarginifera, Shanxiproductus, Transennatia
Subtaxa: Anemonaria auriculata Anemonaria bicarinata Anemonaria delicatula Anemonaria mitis Anemonaria pinegensis Anemonaria pseudohorrida Anemonaria spitzbergiana Anemonaria sublaevis Anemonaria sulankherensis Anemonaria vadosisinuata
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (9 collections), Canada (19: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon), China (6), Greenland (17), Japan (1), Mexico (1), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (15), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (32), United States (70: Alaska, Nevada, Texas, Utah), Venezuela (3)
• Carboniferous of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2)
Total: 177 collections including 187 occurrences
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