Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Full reference: N. W. Archbold and G. A. Thomas. 1985. New genera of Western Australian Permian Spiriferidae (Brachiopoda). Alcheringa 9:269-292
Parent taxon: Neospiriferinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Archbold 1996 and Waterhouse 2004
Sister taxa: Betaneospirifer, Blasispirifer, Cartorhium, Costatispirifer, Cratispirifer, Fasciculatia, Fusispirifer, Fusispiriferinae, Gibbospirifer, Gypospirifer, Imperiospira, Kaninospirifer, Kaninospiriferinae, Lepidospirifer, Lutuginia, Maxwellispirifer, Neospirifer, Occidalia, Pondospirifer, Saltospirifer, Septospirifer, Simplicisulcus, Spiriferalaria, Tibetospirifer
Subtaxa: Crassispirifer acuta Crassispirifer broilii Crassispirifer chospochtschonicus Crassispirifer condoni Crassispirifer galinae Crassispirifer jakuschewae Crassispirifer kimberleyensis Crassispirifer koargychanensis Crassispirifer monumentalis Crassispirifer pinguis Crassispirifer rostalinus Crassispirifer striatiformis Crassispirifer timorensis Crassispirifer transversa
Type: Crassispirifer rostalinus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (14 collections), China (3), Indonesia (3), Mongolia (7), Pakistan (10), the Russian Federation (11)
Total: 48 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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