Turinia gondwana Gagnier et al. 1988 (vertebrate)

Thelodonti - Thelodontiformes - Coelolepidae

Full reference: P. Y. Gagnier, S. Turner, L. Friman, M. Suarez-Riglos, and P. Janvier. 1988. The Devonian vertebrate and mollusc fauna from Seripona (Dept. of Chiquisaca, Bolivia). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 176(2):269-297

Belongs to Turinia according to P. Y. Gagnier et al. 1988

Sister taxa: Turinia antarctica, Turinia australiensis, Turinia barentsia, Turinia composita, Turinia fuscina, Turinia gavinyoungi, Turinia nachoi, Turinia pagei, Turinia pagoda, Turinia polita

Type specimen: Its type locality is Catavi vertebrate and mollusc fauna at Seripona, which is in a Devonian marginal marine shale/limestone in the Catavi Formation of Bolivia

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Catavi vertebrate and mollusc fauna at Seripona

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