Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Full reference: N. W. Archbold and G. A. Thomas. 1985. New genera of Western Australian Permian Spiriferidae (Brachiopoda). Alcheringa 9:269-292
Parent taxon: Neospiriferinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Waterhouse 2004
Sister taxa: Betaneospirifer, Blasispirifer, Cartorhium, Costatispirifer, Crassispirifer, Fasciculatia, Fusispirifer, Fusispiriferinae, Gibbospirifer, Gypospirifer, Imperiospira, Kaninospirifer, Kaninospiriferinae, Lepidospirifer, Lutuginia, Maxwellispirifer, Neospirifer, Occidalia, Pondospirifer, Saltospirifer, Septospirifer, Simplicisulcus, Spiriferalaria, Tibetospirifer
Subtaxa: Cratispirifer barchatovae Cratispirifer macroplica Cratispirifer nuraensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (2 collections), India (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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