Janiceps Frech 1901 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Full reference: F. Frech. 1901. Die Dyas. Lethaea Geognostica oder Beschreibung und Abbildung der für die Gebirgs-Formationen bezeichnendsten Versteinerungen. I. Theil. Lethaea Palaeozoica 2(3):453-578

Parent taxon: Janicepsinae according to A. Williams et al. 2007

See also Posenato 2001, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2002

Sister taxon: Comelicothyris

Subtaxa: Janiceps bipartita Janiceps cadorica Janiceps emarginatiformis Janiceps lozovskyi Janiceps ogbinensis Janiceps papilio Janiceps peracuta

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Type: Spirigera peracuta

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Armenia (5 collections), Azerbaijan (4), Iran (2), Italy (13)

Total: 24 collections including 33 occurrences

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