Portneufia Hoover 1979 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zugmayeriidae

Full reference: P. R. Hoover. 1979. Early Triassic Terebratulid brachiopods from the western interior of the United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1057:1-21

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Adygelloides, Zugmayeria

Subtaxa: Portneufia episulcata

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Type: Portneufia episulcata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USGS 1271-PC, Yandell Springs (Triassic of Idaho)

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