Taeniothaerus homevalensis Briggs 1983 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Full reference: D. J. C. Briggs. 1983. Taeniothaerus species names, in Major faunal assemblages in the Early Permian Tiverton Formation near Homevale Homestead, northern Bowen Basin, Queensland. Permian Geology of Queensland 121-138

Belongs to Taeniothaerus according to D. J. C. Briggs 1998

See also Parfrey 1986

Sister taxa: Taeniothaerus cotteri, Taeniothaerus densipustulatus, Taeniothaerus farleyensis, Taeniothaerus iranicus, Taeniothaerus lakismatos, Taeniothaerus notabilis, Taeniothaerus quadratiformis, Taeniothaerus qubuensis, Taeniothaerus subquadratus, Taeniothaerus zhongbaensis

Type specimen: UQ F72738, a valve (Dorsal valve interior). Its type locality is UQ L2584, Homevale, which is in an Artinskian marine siliciclastic in the Tiverton Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (31 collections)

Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence

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