Amygdalocosta Waterhouse 1967 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1967. Upper Permian (Tatarian) brachiopods from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 10:74-118

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Adygella, Aspidothyris, Bittnerithyris, Coenothyris, Cruratula, Dareithyris, Dielasma, Dielasmina, Dongbaella, Ectoposia, Elasmata, Fletcherithyris, Pirithyris, Plectelasma, Praerhaetina, Sulcatinella, Tibetothyris, Tosuhuthyris, Tunethyris, Whitspakia, Yochelsonia

Subtaxa: Amygdalocosta extensa Amygdalocosta rara

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Type: Amygdalocosta rara

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of New Zealand (3 collections), Pakistan (3)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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