Tipispirifer Grant 1976 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Full reference: R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian brachiopods from southern Thailand. Paleontological Society Memoir 9:1-269

Parent taxon: Spiriferellidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alispiriferella, Arcullina, Bamberina, Elivina, Elivininae, Eridmatus, Hunzininae, Plicatospiriferella, Rhombospirifer, Spiriarchboldiella, Spiriferella, Spiriferellinae, Spiriferelloides, Timaniella

Subtaxa: Tipispirifer oppilatus Tipispirifer psittacus

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Type: Tipispirifer oppilatus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (1 collection), Nepal (1), Oman (1), Pakistan (1), Thailand (15)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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