Retimarginifera auriculata Viaretti et al. 2022 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae

Full reference: M. Viaretti, A. P. Heward, A. Gementi and L. Angiolini. 2022. Upper Cisuralian-lower Guadalupian brachiopods from the Qarari Unit, Batain Plain, northeast Oman: systematics, palaeoecology and correlation. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 128:643-694

Belongs to Retimarginifera according to M. Viaretti et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Retimarginifera alata, Retimarginifera aliensis, Retimarginifera altimontana, Retimarginifera celeteria, Retimarginifera gaetanii, Retimarginifera hoofti, Retimarginifera lapparenti, Retimarginifera perforata, Retimarginifera praelecta, Retimarginifera rimuensis, Retimarginifera sheni, Retimarginifera waterhousei, Retimarginifera xizangensis

Type specimen: MPUM12552, a shell. Its type locality is WKJ, Wadi Khawr al Jaramah, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in Oman.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at WKJ, Wadi Khawr al Jaramah

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