Paraldingia Richardson 1973 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Kingenidae

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

See also Bitner and Crame 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aldingia, Dictyothyropsis, Kingena, Tulipina, Zeuschneria, Zittelina

Subtaxa: Paraldingia timi

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at P.2702, Melville Peninsula [Cape Melville Fm] (Miocene of Antarctica)

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