Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
Alternative combination: Tomiopsis ovulum
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1971. The brachiopod genus Tomiopsis Benedictova from the Permian of Canada. Journal of Paleontology 45(1):68-80
Belongs to Tomiopsis (Ambikella) according to J. B. Waterhouse 1998
See also Bamber and Waterhouse 1971, Shi and Waterhouse 1996 and Waterhouse 1971
Sister taxa: Ambikella antesulcata, Ambikella elongata, Ambikella furca, Ambikella himalayanicus, Ambikella ovata, Ambikella undulosina, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) bamberi, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) fructiformis, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) petrenkoi, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) postglabra, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) regina, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) symmetrica, Homevalaria profunda
Type specimen: GSC 24802. Its type locality is GSC 55930, Alaska Highway, which is in an Asselian marine sandstone/siltstone in the Kindle Formation of Canada.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (4: British Columbia, Yukon collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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