Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Synonym: Transversaria
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1966. Lower Carboniferous and Upper Permian Brachiopods from Nepal. Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 12:5-99
Parent taxon: Neospiriferinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002, Shen et al. 2003 and Waterhouse 2004
Sister taxa: Betaneospirifer, Blasispirifer, Cartorhium, Costatispirifer, Crassispirifer, Cratispirifer, Fasciculatia, Fusispiriferinae, Gibbospirifer, Gypospirifer, Imperiospira, Kaninospirifer, Kaninospiriferinae, Lepidospirifer, Lutuginia, Maxwellispirifer, Neospirifer, Occidalia, Pondospirifer, Saltospirifer, Septospirifer, Simplicisulcus, Spiriferalaria, Tibetospirifer
Subtaxa: Fusispirifer avicula Fusispirifer byroensis Fusispirifer carnarvonensis Fusispirifer coolkilyaensis Fusispirifer cundlegoensis Fusispirifer gegyaiensis Fusispirifer jini Fusispirifer kedonensis Fusispirifer kennediensis Fusispirifer legrandblainae Fusispirifer marcouiformis Fusispirifer nitiensis Fusispirifer quinnaniensis Fusispirifer semiplicata Fusispirifer subovalis Fusispirifer wandageensis Spirifera avicula Transversaria pauciplicus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (68), China (22), India (10), Mongolia (2), Nepal (14), the Russian Federation (5)
Total: 122 collections including 126 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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