†Parenteletes superbus Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Enteletidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods of west Texas, V. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 24:2609-3159
Belongs to Parenteletes according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
Sister taxon: Parenteletes cooperi
Type specimen: USNM 150175n, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (15: Texas collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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