Sestropoma cribriferum Cooper and Grant 1969 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1969. New Permian brachiopods from west Texas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 1:1-20

Belongs to Sestropoma according to M. A. Galeana-Moran et al. 2022

See also Cooper and Grant 1969 and Cooper and Grant 1975

Sister taxon: Sestropoma mexicanum

Type specimen: USNM 151656b, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Mexico (5 collections), United States (41: New Mexico, Texas)

Total: 46 collections each including a single occurrence

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