Crassispirifer kimberleyensis Foord 1890 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Alternative combination: Spirifera kimberleyensis

Full reference: A. H. Foord. 1890. Notes on the palaeontology of Western Australia. Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade III 7:98-106

Belongs to Crassispirifer according to N. W. Archbold and G. A. Thomas 1985

See also Foord 1890

Sister taxa: Crassispirifer acuta, Crassispirifer broilii, Crassispirifer chospochtschonicus, Crassispirifer condoni, Crassispirifer galinae, Crassispirifer jakuschewae, Crassispirifer koargychanensis, Crassispirifer monumentalis, Crassispirifer pinguis, Crassispirifer rostalinus, Crassispirifer striatiformis, Crassispirifer timorensis, Crassispirifer transversa

Type specimen: GSWA10077

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Gascoyne River District (BMNH collection) (Permian of Australia)

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