Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae
Alternative combination: Petasmaia ehiroi
Full reference: J. I. Tazawa. 2011. Taxonomic names, in Late Permian (Changhsingian) brachiopod fauna from Maeda, Ofunato area, South Kitakami belt, NE Japan. Science Reports, Niigata University (Geology) 26:4-18
Belongs to Oldhamina according to J. I. Tazawa and H. Araki 2014
See also Tazawa 2011 and Tazawa and Ono 2013
Sister taxa: Oldhamina anshunensis, Oldhamina decipiens, Oldhamina grandis, Oldhamina interrupta, Oldhamina jiaozishanensis, Oldhamina kitakamiensis, Oldhamina lianyangensis, Oldhamina minor, Oldhamina ovata, Oldhamina regularis, Oldhamina squamosa, Oldhamina tilita, Oldhamina transkaukasica, Oldhamina transversa
Type specimen: NU-B1476. Its type locality is Maeda, Locality B, Ofunato City, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Changhsingian marine shale in Japan.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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