Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Rastelligeridae
Alternative combination: Spiriferina acutissima
Full reference: C. T. Trechmann. 1917. The Trias of New Zealand. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 73(3):165-246
Belongs to Rastelligera according to J. Campbell 1968
See also Trechmann 1917
Sister taxa: Rastelligera diomedea, Rastelligera elongata, Rastelligera gypaeetus, Rastelligera hectori, Rastelligera mackayi, Rastelligera malingi, Rastelligera mucronata
Subtaxa: Rastelligera acutissima paucicostata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mount Heslington, which is in a Carnian marine horizon in New Zealand
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of New Zealand (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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