†Megasteges Waterhouse 1975 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1975. New Permian and Triassic brachiopod taxa. Papers - Department of Geology, University of Queensland 7(1):1-23
Parent taxon: Aulosteginae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Shen et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Aulosteges, Carilya, Colemanosteges, Lipanteris, Reedoconcha
Subtaxa: Megasteges geniculatus Megasteges nepalensis Megasteges randsi Megasteges septentrionalis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (17 collections), China (5), Nepal (33)
Total: 55 collections including 57 occurrences
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