Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Alternative combinations: Cyrtina australasica, Spiriferella australasica
Full reference: R. Etheridge Jr. 1889. Remarks on fossils of Permo-Carboniferous age, from north-western Australia, in the Macleay Museum. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Second Series) 4:199-214
Belongs to Hunzina according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004
See also Archbold and Thomas 1985, Etheridge 1889, Etheridge 1907 and Etheridge 1915
Sister taxa: Hunzina cundlegoensis, Hunzina electa, Hunzina elegantula, Hunzina etheridgei, Hunzina mushirebucaensis, Hunzina tenuisulcata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mount Marmion, near junction of Lennard and Meda Rivers, which is in an Artinskian marine sandstone in the Noonkanbah Formation of Australia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (9 collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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