†Elassonia scitula Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Petasmatheridae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods from West Texas, IV. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 21:1923-2607
Belongs to Elassonia according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
Sister taxa: Elassonia micraria, Elassonia petila, Elassonia sobrina
Type specimen: USNM 148261b, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM708u, Split Tank, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USNM708u, Split Tank, Glass Mountains
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