Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spondylospiridae
Full reference: M. R. Sandy. 1994. Triassic-Jurassic articulate brachiopods from the Pucara Group, central Peru, and description of the brachidial net in the spiriferid Spondylospira. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 233:99-126
Belongs to Zugmayerella according to M. O. Manceñido 2012
See also Sandy 1994
Sister taxa: Zugmayerella americana, Zugmayerella bogalica, Zugmayerella eurea, Zugmayerella hemipyramida, Zugmayerella inaequiplicata, Zugmayerella koessenensis, Zugmayerella taringaturaensis, Zugmayerella uncinata, Zugmayerella yueliangpingica
Type specimen: UMIP 12161. Its type locality is 85-HN-13, Huanincocha, which is in an Alaunian/Sevatian shallow subtidal grainstone in the Chambara Formation of Peru.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Argentina (2 collections), Peru (9)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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