Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Full reference: H. Termier and G. Termier. 1971. Bryozoaires du Paleozoique superieur de l'Afghanistan. Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon 47:1-52
Belongs to Rhombotrypella according to A. Ernst and M. N. Gorgij 2013
See also Ernst et al. 2010, Gorjunova 1975, Liu and Wang 1987 and Termier and Termier 1971
Sister taxa: Rhombotrypella alfredensis, Rhombotrypella amdrupensis, Rhombotrypella arbuscula, Rhombotrypella composita, Rhombotrypella darvasica, Rhombotrypella dvinensis, Rhombotrypella gigantea, Rhombotrypella insolita, Rhombotrypella invulgata, Rhombotrypella kettlensis, Rhombotrypella ninae, Rhombotrypella ninaeforme, Rhombotrypella rectangulata, Rhombotrypella stuckenbergi, Rhombotrypella summa, Rhombotrypella superangustata, Rhombotrypella typica
Type specimen: not designated. Its type locality is Tezak, Fusuline Hill and Beds 8-9 km West, which is in a Roadian marine horizon in Afghanistan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Average measurements (in mm): branch diameter 3.20, zooid diameter 0.110
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), China (1), Iran (10), Tajikistan (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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