Elasmata retusa Waterhouse 1982 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

Alternative combination: Elasmata retusus

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1982. An Early Permian cool-water fauna from pebbly mudstones in south Thailand. Geological Magazine 119(4):337-354

Belongs to Elasmata according to H. Xu et al. 2024

See also Shi et al. 2001, Waterhouse 1982 and Waterhouse and Ranga Rao 1989

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: TBR 527, a valve (Dorsal valve, internal mould). Its type locality is Ko Muk Island, Collection 3, which is in an Asselian marine sandstone in the Lower Formation of Thailand.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (1 collection), Thailand (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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