Synonym: Paraformichella orientalis Qian and Zhang 1983
Full reference: V. V. Missarzhevsky and A. M. Mambetov. 1981. Stratigrafiya i fauna pogranichnykh sloyev Kembriya i Dokembriya Malogo Karatau [Stratigraphy and fauna of the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary beds of the Malyy Karatau]. Trudy Ordena Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni Geologicheskiy Institut Akademiya NAUK SSSR 326:1-96
Belongs to Beshtashella according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Bengtson et al. 1990, Elicki 1994, Elicki 1996, Gubanov et al. 2004, Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981, Parkhaev 2001, Qian and Zhang 1983 and Wrona 2003
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Beshtashella tortilis: Its type locality is Beshtash, Talas Alatau, bed 5, which is in an Atdabanian marine dolomite in the Beshtash Formation of Kyrgyzstan
- Paraformichella orientalis:
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (4), Kyrgyzstan (2), Spain (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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