†Australospirifer (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Parent taxon: Hysterolitinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Johnson 1995 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Antispirifer, Arduspirifer, Brachyspirifer, Costellispirifer, Dixonella, Dyticospirifer, Euryspirifer, Hysterolites, Otospirifer, Paraspirifer, Patriaspirifer, Rostrospirifer, Trigonospirifer, Xinjiangospirifer
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (1), Bolivia (34), Brazil (19), Colombia (2), South Africa (16), Uruguay (1)
Total: 74 collections including 85 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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