Strophomenata - Productida - Rugosochonetidae
Alternative combinations: Chonetes cracowensis, Svalbardia cracowensis
Full reference: R. Etheridge. 1872. Description of the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic fossils of Queensland. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 28:317-360
Belongs to Brachiosvalbardia according to F. Ceccolini and F. Cianferoni 2023
See also Etheridge 1872 and Waterhouse 1986
Sister taxa: Brachiosvalbardia capitolina, Brachiosvalbardia narelliensis, Brachiosvalbardia thomasi, Brachiosvalbardia toulai
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cracow Creek, which is in an Artinskian coastal siliciclastic in the Buffel Formation of Australia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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