Mesopunctia minuta Campbell 1960 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Alternative combination: Notospirifer minutus

Full reference: K.S.W. Campbell. 1960. The brachiopod genera Ingelarella and Notospirifer in the Permian of Queensland. Journal of Paleontology 34(6):1106-1123

Belongs to Mesopunctia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1998

See also Campbell 1960 and Clarke 1987

Sister taxa: Mesopunctia extensa, Mesopunctia macropustulosus, Mesopunctia microspinosa, Mesopunctia spinosa

Type specimen: UQ F15823. Its type locality is UQ L1363, Rosella Creek, Havilah, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Blenheim Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (19 collections)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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