Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1975. Permian Brachiopods of West Texas, III. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 19:795-1921
Belongs to Kochiproductus according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
Sister taxa: Kochiproductus afghanus, Kochiproductus carboniferous, Kochiproductus longlinensis, Kochiproductus maximus, Kochiproductus occidentalis, Kochiproductus okutadamiensis, Kochiproductus peruvianus, Kochiproductus plexicostatus, Kochiproductus porrectus, Kochiproductus primitivus, Kochiproductus quadratus, Kochiproductus riojanus, Kochiproductus saranaeanus, Kochiproductus sinensis, Kochiproductus sultanaevi, Kochiproductus tianchiensis, Kochiproductus transversus, Kochiproductus victorioensis
Type specimen: USNM 152732, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM710r, Skinner Ranch Fm. (Sullivan Peak Mb.), Hill 5021, Glass Mountains, which is in an Artinskian slope limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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