Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1986. Taxonomic names, in Late Palaeozoic Scyphozoa and Brachiopoda (Inarticulata, Strophomenida, Productida and Rhynchonellida) from the southeast Bowen Basin, Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 193(1-4):1-76

Belongs to Magniplicatina according to D. J. C. Briggs 1998

Sister taxa: Magniplicatina gigantea, Magniplicatina inassueta, Magniplicatina johannis, Magniplicatina khubsugulensis, Magniplicatina magniplica, Magniplicatina perflecta, Magniplicatina transversa, Magniplicatina undulata, Magniplicatina vindicata

Type specimen: UQF 70078. Its type locality is UQ L4108, Ross Creek Tributary, Cracow Station, which is in a Kungurian foreshore conglomerate/sandstone in the Brae Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 13.8 x 19.4, valve 23.5 x 30.0