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
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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