Occidalia Archbold 1997 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Full reference: N. W. Archbold. 1997. Studies on Western Australian Permian brachiopods 14. The fauna of the Artinskian High Cliff Sandstone, Perth Basin. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 109(2):199-231

Parent taxon: Neospiriferinae according to S.-Z. Shen et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Betaneospirifer, Blasispirifer, Cartorhium, Costatispirifer, Crassispirifer, Cratispirifer, Fasciculatia, Fusispirifer, Fusispiriferinae, Gibbospirifer, Gypospirifer, Imperiospira, Kaninospirifer, Kaninospiriferinae, Lepidospirifer, Lutuginia, Maxwellispirifer, Neospirifer, Pondospirifer, Saltospirifer, Septospirifer, Simplicisulcus, Spiriferalaria, Tibetospirifer

Subtaxa: Occidalia mingenewensis Occidalia plicatus Occidalia shahi

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (2 collections), China (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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