Retimarginifera Waterhouse 1970 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1970. Permian brachiopod Retimarginifera n. gen. n. sp. from the Byro Group of Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 53(4):120-128

Parent taxon: Paucispiniferini according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002, Shen et al. 2003 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Anemonaria, Caricula, Caucasoproductus, Elliottella, Hexiproductus, Hystriculina, Jiguliconcha, Jinomarginifera, Lamnimargus, Lampangella, Liosotella, Oncosarina, Paucispinifera, Shanxiproductus, Transennatia

Subtaxa: Retimarginifera alata Retimarginifera aliensis Retimarginifera altimontana Retimarginifera auriculata Retimarginifera celeteria Retimarginifera gaetanii Retimarginifera hoofti Retimarginifera lapparenti Retimarginifera perforata Retimarginifera praelecta Retimarginifera rimuensis Retimarginifera sheni Retimarginifera waterhousei Retimarginifera xizangensis

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Afghanistan (3 collections), Australia (12), China (27), Malaysia (8), Myanmar (7), Nepal (2), Oman (1), Pakistan (8), the Russian Federation (5), Thailand (10)

• Carboniferous of Canada (2: Nunavut)

Total: 85 collections including 91 occurrences

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