Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Alternative combinations: Chonetes ostiolatus, Lissochonetes ostiolatus, Svalbardia ostiolata
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1910. The fauna of the Phosphate beds of the Park City Formation. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 436:1-82
Belongs to Komiella according to M. E. Clapham 2015
See also Bamber and Waterhouse 1971, Girty 1910 and Weldon and Shi 2000
Sister taxon: Komiella omolonensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 3511, Cap Rock Mine, Montpelier Canyon, Bear Lake County, which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Phosphoria Formation of Idaho
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection), United States (18: Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 19 collections including 22 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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